Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 15:15)

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

  • Kankanaey: “But it will nevertheless go to the fourth generation (lit. three-times of the offspring), then they will return to this country, so-that meanwhile the sinfulness of the Amorreo who inhabit here will-become-worse and it will-be-necessary that I punish them. That is what will happen to your (sing.) descendants, but as for you (sing.), you (sing.) will-become-very-old, then you (sing.) will die and they will bury you (sing.). Be-assured that (lit. reassurance/comfort particle) you (sing.) will not attain that difficulty,’ God said.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You will just go with joy to live in the place of your ancestors. After you become a sufficiently old man, you will be buried.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But concerning you (sing.) Abram, I will-prolong your (sing.) life and you will-die in old-age with peace.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But as for you, you will die peacefully when you are very old.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:15:

  • Kankanaey: “God also said to Abraham, ‘As for your (sing.) spouse moreover who is Sarai, starting-from now her name will not be Sarai but rather Sara.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As for your wife, from now on do not call her Sarai, from now on her name will be Sarah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “God still said to Abraham, ‘Concerning your wife Sarai, (you) no-longer call her Sarai, instead from-now-on Sara is what you will-call her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. Since I changed your name, I will change her name also. Her name will now be Sarah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 18:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 18:20:

  • Kankanaey: “Therefore God said to Abraham, ‘Extremely heavy are the sins-that-are-being-brought-against the residents at Sodoma and Gomorra, because their sins there are entirely excessive.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘Many voices have resounded in opposition to Sodom and Gomorrah. Their sin has already become very great.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Abraham, ‘Many people are-complaining against Sodom and Gomora, for the wickedness in these places is now extremely great.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Yahweh said to Abraham, ‘I have heard the terrible things that have been said about the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. Their sins are very great.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 19:19)

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

  • Kankanaey: “Admittedly large is your mercy in saving us (excl.). But the mountains are definitely too far-away. I will not yet arrive and I will be overtaken by the punishment and I will die just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You have done a great work for me. You have delivered me. I am not able to escape to the mountain. Before I get there this city will have been destroyed. And we will also die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) have-shown- me -mercy and you have-shown- to me your goodness by saving my life. But the mountain is very far; I might be-overtaken by the disaster and I will-die before I can-reach there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:14:

  • Kankanaey: “When it again became-light (i.e., next morning), Abraham went-early to get food and a leather bag filled with (lit. put-in with) water and he caused- Hagar -to-carry-it-on-her-shoulder. Then he caused-to-leave her and her child. Plural Hagar departed and wandered-and-wandered in the place with no inhabitants at Beerseba.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Early the next morning Abraham brought a skin container [full] of water and bread and put it on Hagar’s shoulder. Then, along with [her] son, [he] sent her away from there. They went hither and thither in the wilderness of Beersheba.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Very early the next day, Abraham took some food and water that was-inside a skin container, and he put- it -on-shoulder of Hagar. Then he had- Hagar -walk-(off/away) with the child. They traveled in the/a desolate-place of Beersheba not knowing where they were going.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them in a bag on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba town.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:3)

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

  • Kankanaey: “Because I want you (sing.) to swear to Yahweh who is God who rules in heaven and on the earth that you (sing.) will not choose who my child Isaac will marry from the young-ladies here in Canaan where- we -are-residing,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘Promise in the name of the LORD of heaven and earth that you will not give a woman who lives here in Canaan to my son in marriage.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and you (sing.) swear to me in the name of the LORD, the God of heaven and earth, that you will- not -choose a fiancée/one-to-marry of my son Isaac here among those from-Canaan who (are) our (incl.) companions that reside presently (with-us).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Knowing that Yahweh God who created the heavens and the earth is listening, promise that you will not get a wife for my son, Isaac, from the women here in Canaan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:51)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:51:

  • Kankanaey: “Take- Rebeka -along-with (you pl) then to your country so that the child of your (sing.) master will marry-her, because that just the same is what God instructed.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Take Rebekah along. And marry her to the son of your master as the LORD has said.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Here is Rebeka, take her when you go-home so-that she will-become the wife of the child of your (sing.) master, according to what- the LORD has-said.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as Yahweh has indicated.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:6:

  • Kankanaey: “Because of that, Isaac stayed at Gerar.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So Isaac stayed in Gerar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore Isaac stayed there in Gerar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “so Isaac stayed there along with his wife and sons.” (Source: Translation for Translators)