complete verse (Genesis 19:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:33:

  • Kankanaey: “And-so they made-drunk their father on that night, then the older-sibling who was his child slept-with-him, but Lot didn’t know what happened.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That night they gave their father new wine to drink. And the big daughter slept with him. Because he was very drunk from grape wine, he was not at all aware [that] she came to sleep, [or that] she got up and left.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore that night, they got- their father -drunk. Then the older child had-sex with her father. But because Lot was- too -drunk he was- not at all -able-to-know what had-happened.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.” (Source: Translation for Translators)