complete verse (Joshua 24:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 24:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then I took your ancestor Abraham from that country and led him to the country of Canaan. I enlarged his home/family there having given him his son Isaac who later got Jacob and Esau. I granted Esau the hills of Seir but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “But bringing your ancestor, Abraham, from the other side of the Euphrates river, I caused him to wander from place to place in the land of Canaan. Then, I gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But I took Abraham from that place and had-(him)-go to the land[s] of Canaan, and were-given (to him) many descendants. Isaac became his child/(son),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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