Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:23:
- Kankanaey: “When the night then was finished and it became-light again, that was the fifth day.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The night was finished, the morning came. In this way five days were complete.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Evening came, and-then the morning. That was the fifth day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:24:
- Kankanaey: “Then God said that there-would be all kinds of creatures on this earth (lit. soil), the domesticated (i.e. bred-and-raised) and wild animals, those that crawl and that slither, and it was accomplished/fulfilled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God said — ‘May there be domesticated animals [lit.: those brought up in a house], those that go creeping on the earth, and all kinds of animals that live in the jungle.’ And it happened just like that.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘Let- the different kinds of animals -live on land: animals that are tame and wild, big and small.’ And it happened/was-made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said, ‘I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of livestock/domestic animals, creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.’ And that is what happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:25:
- Kankanaey: “God made them all, and he was content upon his-seeing-(it).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then God made various kinds of animals that live in the jungle, domesticated animals [lit.: those brought up in a house] and those that go creeping on the earth. This seemed good to Him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “God made these animals, and God was-pleased of what he saw.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God made all kinds of wild animals and livestock/domestic animals and all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground. God was pleased with all these creatures.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:26:
- Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘Let us create people like us so that they will-be-in-charge-of this world and all the creatures that are here.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then God said — ‘We will make man to be like us and to resemble us closely. Then give them power over the fish that live in the ocean, the birds that live in the heavens, the domesticated animals [lit.: the living beings cared for in a house], over all the earth and the living beings that go on creeping in the earth.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘Let- us -make man that is-like us (incl.). They will-rule-over all different kinds of animals: the (ones-that) swim, the (ones-that) fly, the (ones-that) walk, and the (ones-that) crawl.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said, ‘Now we will make human beings that will be like us in many ways. I want them to rule over the fish in the sea, over the birds, over all the livestock/domestic animals, and over all the other creatures that scurry across the ground.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:27:
- Kankanaey: “And-so God created people who were man and woman, and their likeness was like him just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way God made man to resemble Him closely. He made them so that they closely resembled God. He made them as man and woman.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So God created man, male and female, who were-like/similar to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created some to be male and some to be female.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:28:
- Kankanaey: “He blessed them saying, ‘Have-children so that you will increase-in-number so that the world will be-full. You are also in-charge-of the fish and birds and also all the creatures on this surface of the earth (id. = earth).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God blessed them, saying — ‘By having many children, may you fill the earth, and may you have power over the earth. May you have power over the fish living in the ocean, over the birds who live in the heavens, and over the ones that go creeping on the earth.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And he blessed them saying, ‘[You (pl.)] bear-children and be-many so-that your descendants will-spread and will-rule-over the earth. And you (pl.) will-rule all the animals.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God blessed them, saying, ‘Produce many children, who will live all over the earth and rule over it. I want them to rule over the fish and the birds and over all creatures that scurry across the ground.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:29:
- Kankanaey: “The fruit of the trees and other-things that can-be-planted, I will give you so that that’s what you will eat.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “God said — ‘Listen, I have given you all kinds of seed-bearing grain and fruit-bearing trees with seeds. This will be your food.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then God said, ‘I am-giving you (pl.) the plants that have seeds and trees that bear fruit in-order for you to eat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God said to the humans, ‘Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
- Cashinahua “Look, all the vegetables that have seeds, which are certainly all around, each of these vegetables with seed I certainly give you them. The trees which have fruit and their fruit has seed, I certainly give you them; you are to eat them.” (Callow [1972, p. 16] explains: “Cashinahua has a range of verbal affixes indicating certainty or uncertainty on the part of the speaker […] They are of frequent occurrence in conversation, and must be used correspondingly frequently in the translation, otherwise the reported conversation on Scripture will sound flat and unnatural.”)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 1:30:
- Kankanaey: “The food moreover of the birds and all the creatures that stay on the earth, (it is) all the kinds of green-things (same word as raw/uncooked) that grow.’ And it was accomplished/fulfilled.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “To all the beings that live on the earth, the birds in the heavens and the beings that creep on the earth, I have given green [lit.: grass] plants to eat.’ And it happened just like that.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And I am-giving to all the animals all the grass and leaves for/as their food.’ And it happened.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I have given all the green plants to all the wild animals and to the birds and to all the creatures that scurry across the ground, to everything that breathes, for them to eat.’ And that is what happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
