Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:8:
- Newari: “‘If it is true that I will be allowed to bury my wife here, [tell] Zohar son of Ephron [the verb ‘tell’ is in v. 9]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then he said, ‘If you (pl.) indeed agree that I will-bury my wife here, you (pl.) should help me to speak to Efron the child of Zohar” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said to them, ‘If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife’s body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron, the son of Zohar for me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)