Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 5:5)

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

Kankanaey: “When he had 930 years, he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “In this way Adam lived for 930 years and died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “He died at the age of 930.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Adam lived 930 years altogether, and then he died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:5:

Kankanaey: “When God saw that what people were doing was extremely bad and what they were-thinking-about continually was also bad,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Seeing that the people who lived on the earth were becoming evil and that it was always only evil matters that were being woven into their hearts, The LORD” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “When the LORD saw that what the people were-doing on earth was entirely wickedness, and that their thinking was always bad/evil,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

Kankanaey: “including all the kinds of animals and birds that God commanded, who were the time and the wild, the large and the small that were male and female.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “All living beings that breathe, male and female, came to Noah in the ship.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “According to what God had-commanded Noe, he caused-to-go-inside the ship every pair of all the kinds of animals that had-come-near to him. After-that, the LORD closed the ship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 9:1:

Kankanaey: “God blessed Noe and his children saying, ‘Have-children so-that you will again become-many in this world.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying — ‘May your descendants be many, filling the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Now, God blessed Noe and his children and said-[to-them], ‘You (pl.) produce-children so you (pl.) will-increase and spread-out into the whole world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘I want you to have many children who will live all over the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 11:4:

Kankanaey: “Then they said, ‘Let’s make a city that has a house/building that reaches to the sky so-that we will be praised/honored and we will not separate-from-one-another on the surface of the earth (id. = earth).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “And they said — ‘Now we will build a city, and building a tower that touches heaven we will establish [lit.: ‘put’] our name. In this way it will not happen that we will be scattered all over the earth.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Now, the people said, ‘We will-build a city that has a tower that reaches to the sky/heavens, in-order-that we (incl.) will-become famous and so-that we (incl.) will- not -be-scattered over the whole world.’ So they made bricks, and they heated them well so it would-become- very -hard. Brick are what they used instead of stone. And asphalt is what they used as cement.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “They said, ‘Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 13:1:

Kankanaey: “When Abram were in Egipto, he had become- utterly -rich in sheep, goats, cattle, silver, and gold. Upon his departing-from there then, he returned to Negev in the south of Canaan taking-with (him) his spouse and all of his possessions. His nephew Lot also went-along.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Abram and his wife went from the land of Egype towards the Negev, taking everything that they had. Lot also went with them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “From Egipto, Abram went to Negev with his wife and brought (with him) all his properties, and Lot also went with them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev Desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 15:2:

Kankanaey: “Abram then said, ‘Yes Highest God, but what perhaps will be my benefit, because here-now (particle of mild displeasure) I still have no child that you (sing.) have given me, and it is only my slave Eliezer from-Damascus who will inherit all my possessions.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Abram answered — ‘O LORD God, without having a child, what great reward will you give me? When I die, Eliezer of Damascus will take my inheritance.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “But Abram said, ‘O LORD God, what is the value of your reward to me for until now I have no child. My heir is only/just Eliezer who comes-from Damascus.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “But Abram replied, ‘Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:2:

Kankanaey: “Because I will cause-to-be-true what I promised you (sing.) that I will-cause-to-become-many your (sing.) descendants.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “I will make a covenant with you. I will make your descendants so many that it will not be possible to count [them].'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “I will-fulfill my agreement with you; I will- greatly -increase your descendants.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “If you do that, I will make an agreement with you in which I will promise to enable you to have very many descendants.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)