Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:33:
- Kankanaey: “Then he set-before (them) what they would eat. Whereupon Abraham’s slave said, ‘In-a-little-while please. I will not eat until I tell my purpose in coming here.’ ‘All-right, tell (it),’ said Laban. So then he related to them all that his master Abraham had instructed him and the way God had led him on the right path. He also related the sign that he had requested from God upon his arrival at the spring so that he-would-thereby-know who it was whom God had chosen for- Isaac -to-marry. When it was finished that he related-it, he asked them if they would give-permission that Rebeka go-with him. (24:34-49)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that food was brought for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the food was- already -set before them, the servant said, ‘I will- not -eat if I can- not -tell first my purpose in coming here.’ Laban replied, ‘Okay, tell us (excl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I tell you what I need to tell you/why I have come.’ So Laban said, ‘Tell us!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
