Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:3:
- Kankanaey: “The one who does good to you (sing.), I will bless (him), but the one however who mocks/belittles you (sing.), I will punish. On-account-of you (sing.) moreover, the collective-people in all towns/countries will be blessed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “To those who give you blessing, I will also give blessing. To those who give you curses, I will also give curses. All ethnic groups living in the world will take blessing from you.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-bless those who bless you. But I will-curse those who curse you. I will-bless all the people-groups in the world through you.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will bless those who bless/ask God to do good things for you, and I will curse/ask God to punish those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:4:
- Kankanaey: “At the time-when- God -said that, seventy five were the years of Abram. He believed/obeyed what God commanded and departed from Haran.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abram went to the place to which the LORD told him ‘Go!’. Lot also went with him. When Abram left Haran, he was completing 75 years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Abram left Haran and went to Canaan, according to what- the LORD -had-told him. Abram was 75 years of-age at-that-time. His nephew Lot went (with) him. He also brought his wife Sarai and all their wealth/properties and servants that they gathered at Haran. When they arrived in Canaan,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Abram left Haran town, as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:5:
- Kankanaey: “He took-along his spouse Sarai and his nephew Lot and also all his slaves and his possessions/goods (includes animals) to go to Canaan. When they arrived there,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Taking Sarai his wife, Lot the son of his younger brother, and all the wealth and servants which he had in Haran, and went towards Canaan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Abram left Haran and went to Canaan, according to what- the LORD -had-told him. Abram was 75 years of-age at-that-time. His nephew Lot went (with) him. He also brought his wife Sarai and all their wealth/properties and servants that they gathered at Haran. When they arrived in Canaan,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran town, and they left there and went to Canaan land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:6:
- Kankanaey: “they walked until Sekem to the location of the feared tree of (personal noun marker) More. This tree is where- those-from-Canaan who still inhabited there -worshipped their false-gods/idols.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abram came, arriving in Shechem by way of Canaan. There they took shelter under a tree in a place called Moreh. At that time this was a place of the Cananites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “they continued (to-travel) until they reached the big tree of More there at Shekem. (At that time Canaanhon were still there.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem town and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:7:
- Kankanaey: “That’s where- God -appeared to Abram and said, ‘This is the land that I will give to your (sing.) descendants.’ Then Abram gathered rocks and made an altar (loan word) on-which-he-offered animal(s) to God who had appeared to him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the LORD came to Abram and said — ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ Then Abram built an altar for the LORD who had come to him at that place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘This is the land I will-give to your descendants.’ Then Abram built an altar for the LORD who appeared to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, ‘I will give this land to your descendants.’ Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:8:
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, plural Abram departed from there and headed-south until they arrived at the mountainous-area between Betel and Ai. They temporarily-stayed/camped there for a slightly-long-time, and Abram again made an altar, and he prayed to God there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that he went toward a hill and took shelter there. There he built an altar and prayed to the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “From there, they transferred to the mountain at the east of Betel, and there they stood-up a tent, in the middle of Betel and Ai. Betel was in the west and Ai was in the east. Abram also made an altar there and worshipped the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel town. Bethel town was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai town was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:9:
- Kankanaey: “Then plural Abram again departed and they moved-repeatedly heading-south to Negev which was in the territory of Canaan just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way he moved about from place to place going towards the Negev.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Later they transferred again. They continued travelling going-towards Negev.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev Desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 12:10:
- Kankanaey: “When famine arrived in Canaan, they continued to head-southward to go to Egipto so-that they would stay there for a slightly-long-time, because the famine in Canaan had- already -gotten-worse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time, because a severe famine took place, Abram went for some time to stay in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But there was a severe famine in Canaan, so Abram went-straight to Egipto in-order-to stay there for-a-while.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There was a famine/very little food to eat in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
