Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 13:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 13:8:

Kankanaey: “When that was so, Abram called Lot and said to him, ‘Our (dual) slaves ought not to quarrel, because we (dual) are a father-unit (i.e., father-and-son or uncle-and-nephew) (particle of strong disapproval).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “So Abram said to Lot — ‘It is not good for disputes to take place among us and our shepherds like this. We are closely related.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So Abram told Lot, ‘We (incl.) and our men should not fight-with-each-other, for we are relatives-to-each-other.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So Abram said to Lot, ‘Since we are close relatives, it is not good for us two to quarrel, or for the men who take care of your animals to quarrel with the men who take care of my animals.” (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 17:8:

Kankanaey: “I will also give to you (sing.) all this country at Canaan where-you-(sing.)-are-considered a foreigner today so-that that’s what your (sing.) descendants will inherit forever, and I just the same will be the God they worship.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “You are only strangers now in the land of Canaan. But I will-give this whole land to you and to your descendants. That will-be yours (pl.) forever/[lit. until whenever], and I will-continue to be your (pl.) God.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they will worship.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 18:13:

Kankanaey: “Whereupon God said to Abraham, ‘Why did your (sing.) spouse laugh? Why did she say in her mind that it-would- not -be-possible to give-birth because she was already an-old-woman?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Then the LORD said to Abraham — ‘Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Am I about to have a child even after having become an old woman like this?’ ‘” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD asked Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can- I still -give-birth when I am already old?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Yahweh said to Abraham, ‘Why did Sarah laugh? Why was she thinking, ‘I am too old, so how can I bear a child?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:12:

Kankanaey: “Then they said to Lot, ‘If you (pl.) have children and children-in-law and (other) relatives in this town, go (sing.) call (them) immediately so-that you will all leave,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “‘If you also have any [of your] own people here, sons, daughters, sons-in-law or others, take them along and escape from this city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The two angels said to Lot, ‘If you still have children, or sons-in-law, or relatives in this city, bring them all and you (pl.) flee,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then the two angels said to Lot, ‘Who else is with you here? If you have sons or sons-in-law or daughters or anyone else in the city who is related to you, take them out of the city,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:7:

Kankanaey: “Because previously, would there be anyone indeed to say to Abraham that his spouse would cause-(a child)-to-nurse (RQ = of course not)? But here however is our (excl.) child to-whom-I-have-given-birth in his old-age.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Up to now no one could have said to Abraham that I would nurse a child [lit.: cause a child to drink milk]. Yet after he has became an old man I have given birth to a son by him.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Who could-have-thought to tell Abraham that I could- still -nurse/[lit. could-cause-to-breast] a child? But I still was-able-to-give-birth even-though he is old already.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then she also said, ‘No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:19:

Kankanaey: “When it was finished that God said that, plural Abraham returned to go pick-up/stop-by-for the two slaves, and they accompanied-one-another to go-home to Beerseba, because that was still the location of plural Abraham.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Abraham and Isaac went back to the place where their servants were.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “After that, Abraham and Isaac returned to the servants. Then they went to Beersheba and lived there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:28:

Kankanaey: “Rebeka ran then to go-home and she related to her plural mother what had happened.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Rebekah went home and reported everything to her parents.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Rebeka ran home to the house of her mother and she told them all that had-happened.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “The girl ran and told everyone in her mother’s household about what had happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)