Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:17:
- Newari: “In this way Ephron [sold to Abraham [from v. 18]] his field of Machpelah near Mamre, and the cave which was there, and all the trees” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore became now his Abraham’s the farm of Efron in Macpela, east of Mamre, including the cave and the trees around the field. All the Hithanon who had-gathered there at the gate of the city (were)-witnesses.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Ephron’s field in the Machpelah area, near Mamre, and the cave in the field, and all the trees that were in the field inside the boundaries of the land, became Abraham’s possession.” (Source: Translation for Translators)