complete verse (Genesis 32:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:3:

  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, there-were slaves whom Jacob had-caused-to-go-ahead to Edom to the location of his-older-sibling Esau.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jacob sent his own men to his elder brother Esau in a place called Seir of the land of Edom.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There-were some-(people) that Jacob commanded to-go-ahead of him in-order-to meet his sibling/(brother) Esau there in the land of Seir, the place that also was-called Edom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.” (Source: Translation for Translators)