complete verse (Genesis 31:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 31:5:

  • Newari: “He said to them — ‘Your father is no long like he was formerly. Nevertheless the God of my father has been with me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He said to them, ‘I have-noticed that the treatment of your (pl.) father to me is different than in the-time-past. But the God of my father has- not -abandoned me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When they arrived, he said to them, ‘I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)