Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:19:

• Kankanaey: “Admittedly large is your mercy in saving us (excl.). But the mountains are definitely too far-away. I will not yet arrive and I will be overtaken by the punishment and I will die just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “You have done a great work for me. You have delivered me. I am not able to escape to the mountain. Before I get there this city will have been destroyed. And we will also die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) have-shown- me -mercy and you have-shown- to me your goodness by saving my life. But the mountain is very far; I might be-overtaken by the disaster and I will-die before I can-reach there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:20:

• Kankanaey: “So if it is possible, how-about-if that small town is where- we (excl.) ought to -go, because it is not too far-away. Please permit that that’s where- we (excl.) -will-go so-that nothing will happen to us (excl.). Because it-can-be-seen that it is a small town of-course.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “There is a city nearby here. That city is small. There it would be possible for me and my family to be saved. Please send me there.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Look-at that small town ahead? Probably I can-reach that for it is just near. Can- I -flee to that small town so-that I can-be-saved?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But listen to me. There is a town nearby. Let me run to that small town. Let me go there now. It is a small town, but our lives will be saved if we go there.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:21:

• Kankanaey: “‘Yes,’ said the one angel. ‘I-agree-to that-aforementioned that you (sing.) requested and I will exclude the town that you (sing.) spoke-about.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “They said — ‘Good, Go! I will not destroy that city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The Lord answered, ‘Yes, I will-agree to your request; I will- not -destroy that town.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “One of the angels said to Lot, ‘I will allow you to do what you have requested. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:22:

• Kankanaey: “But hurry (pl.), run, because I will not be-able-to-begin what I will do until you arrive.’ That is the reason that that town is named Zoar, because Lot said it was a small town.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Go quickly. We will not do anything until you arrive there.’ (Later the name of this city was Zoar.)” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Okay, you (pl.) run there now, for I can- not -do what I will-do until you (pl.) have- not yet -been-able-to-reach there.’ That town was called Zoar because that town was small.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But hurry! Run there, because I cannot destroy anything until you arrive there.’ People later called the name of the town Zoar which means ‘small’, because Lot said it was small.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:23:

• Kankanaey: “When it-was-becoming-daylight, Lot arrived at Zoar.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “When Lot arrived in Zoar, the sun had already risen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The sun was- really/(emphasis marker) -rising when Lot and company arrived at Zoar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As the sun was rising, Lot and his family arrived in the town which is now called Zoar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:24:

• Kankanaey: “Whereupon God suddenly-let-fall burning rock called sulfur (Eng. loan) on Sodoma and Gomorra.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the LORD caused a rain of fire and sulphur to fall on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD caused-it-to-rain-down flaming sulfur on Sodom and Gomora.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh caused fire and burning sulfur to fall down on Sodom and Gomorrah like rain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:25:

• Kankanaey: “And everything that was in the plain and those two towns, including all the people and everything also that was-growing there was-burned-up.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He also destroyed the neighboring [lit.: right and left] villages as well as everything there that bore fruit.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD destroyed the two towns and the entire valley/flat-area. All who lived there died including all the plants.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “In that way, he destroyed those cities and all the people who were living in those cities. He also destroyed everything in the valley, including all the plants/vegetation.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:26:

• Kankanaey: “Lot’s spouse was also included-in-being-punished, because she looked-back and she-turned-into an imitation person that was rock (i.e., rock statue).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Because Lot’s wife looked back while going along the way, she became a pillar of salt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The wife of Lot looked-back, therefore she was-made into a pillar of salt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Lot’s wife stopped and looked back to see what was happening, so she died, and her body later became a pillar of salt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)