Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:5:

• Kankanaey: “Then he took-outside Abram and said, ‘Look-up toward the sky and count the stars if you-are-able, because that is the manyness of the number of your (sing.) descendants.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the LORD brought Abram outside and said — Look at the heavens, and if [you] are able, count the stars.’ Again He spoke [saying] — Your descendants will also be like this.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD brought him outside and told (him), ‘Look-at the stars in the sky/heaven; count (them) if you can-count (them). Like that many your descendants (will-be).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Then Yahweh took Abram outside of his tent and said, ‘Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:6:

• Kankanaey: “And Abram thoroughly believed what God said to him, so God counted/considered that he was righteous.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Abram believed the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Abram believed the LORD, and because of his faith he was-considered righteous.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:7:

• Kankanaey: “Then God said to him, ‘I am God who led/went-ahead of you (sing.) to leave Ur which is a territory of Babilonia so-that I would give you (sing.) this land so-that you-(sing.)-would-come-to-possess-it.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “He said to him –‘I am the LORD who brought you here from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this place.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He also said to Abram, ‘I am the LORD who commanded you to leave Ur which is under-the-jurisdiction of the Chaldeans in-order-to give to you this land that will-become yours.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Yahweh also said to him, ‘I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:8:

• Kankanaey: “‘Yes, Highest God,’ said Abram, ‘but where then will-be-my-means-of-knowing that I-will-come-to-possess-it?'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Abram said — ‘[O] LORD God, how will I know that this place will be mine?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But Abram said, ‘O LORD God, how will- I -know that I will-possess/acquire it?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But Abram replied, ‘Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:9:

• Kankanaey: “God then said to him, ‘Get a heifer cow and goat and a male sheep each three years old and two kinds of pigeons.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD said — ‘Bring me a three-year old cow, a three-year old female goat, a three-year old sheep, one dove, and one baby pigeon.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD replied, ‘Bring me here a heifer cow, a female-goat, and a male-sheep, that each one is three years of-age. And you (sing.) also bring one pigeon and one dove.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “God said to him, ‘Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:10:

• Kankanaey: “And Abram got those and took (them) to God. Then he halved (technical term used in butchering) the bodies of the animals and arranged them in two lines parallel-to-each-other. But as for the bodies of the pigeons, he did not divide-them-in-two.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “Abram brought [them] all. Then he cut them exactly in half making two pieces and laid them out right and left. The dove and the pigeon, however, he did not cut in half.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Therefore Abram brought all these to the LORD. Then Abram cut- (them) -in-two and arranged each half facing-each-other. Only the pigeon and the dove he did- not -cut-in-half.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:11:

• Kankanaey: “When large birds then swooped-down to eat (unfulfilled expectation) the meat, he shooed-(them)-away.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “When vultures came down to eat the meat of the birds and beasts he had killed, Abram scared them away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The birds who eat dead (things) roosted/landed on the cut-in-half animals, but Abram drove- them -away.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:12:

• Kankanaey: “When the sun then was going-out-of-sight, Abram fell-deeply-asleep with his sleep (not redundant) and fearful darkness surrounded (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• Newari: “While the sun was setting, not being aware of anything, Abram fell asleep. And a very thick and frightening darkness covered him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “As the sun was-about-to-set, Abram fell-into-a- deep -sleep and there was a great fear that came to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.” (Source: Translation for Translators)