complete verse (Genesis 3:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:23:

  • Kankanaey: “So God then caused- them -to leave the good land at Eden so-that they would go work the soil, because soil just the same is what God previously used-in-making the body of the man.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So the LORD God cast the man out of the garden of Eden to cause them to do work in the earth that he had made for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So the LORD God caused- him -to-leave from the garden of Eden to farm the soil/land from which he came-from.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Yahweh God expelled the man and his wife from the garden of Eden. Yahweh God had created Adam from the ground, but now he forced him to till that ground so that he could grow food to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)