Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 28:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:4:

Newari: “May God give you and your descendants the blessings He gave to Abraham. And may God also give you the land where we are now living, which He said he would give to Abraham.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “May he also give to you (sing.) and to your descendants the blessing which he gave to Abraham, so-that this land where you are-staying now as stranger will-be yours. This land was given by God to Abraham.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to my father Abraham and his descendants.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:5:

Newari: “So Isaac sent Jacob to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, [who was the] elder brother of Rebekah, [who was the] mother of Jacob and Esau.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then Isaac sent Jacob to Padan Aram, in the place of Laban the child of Betuel the Arameanhon. Laban was the sibling/(brother) of Rebeka the mother of Jacob and Esau.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:6:

Newari: “Esau realized that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob, had told him not to marry a Canaanite woman, and had sent him to Paddan-aram to seek a wife.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Esau learned that Isaac had-blessed Jacob and had sent-(him) to Padan Aram in-order to look-for/find one-to-marry there. He also learned that when Isaac blessed Jacob, he commanded him not to marry one-who came-from-Canaan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, ‘Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:7:

Newari: “He also realized that Jacob had obeyed [lit. heard] his father and mother and had gone to Paddan-aram.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “And he also learned that Jacob obeyed their parents and went to Padan Aram.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:8:

Newari: “So he was made aware of how much his father Isaac disliked Canaanite women.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Therefore Esau realized that his father in-fact(surprise particle) did- not -want the women who came-from-Canaan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:9:

Newari: “So, going to his father’s younger brother, Ishmael’s place, he married his daughter, Mahalath, [who was] the younger sister of Nebaioth, in addition to the wives he already had.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Therefore he went-to his uncle Ishmael the child of Abraham with Hagar. Aside from his two wives, he also married Mahalat the child of Ishmael and sibling of Nebayot.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:10:

Kankanaey: “When that was so, Jacob set-out from Beerseba to go to Haran.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Leaving Beersheba, Jacob went towards Haran.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Jacob left Beersheba and walked/journeyed going-to Haran.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 28:11:

Kankanaey: “He was overtaken-by-night on the trail, so he spent-the-night at a place that he came-upon there. He got a stone to use-as-his-pillow and then he lay-down and slept.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Because it was starting to get dark, he stopped to take shelter in a certain place. Taking a rock for a pillow, he lay down there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “When the sun set, he reached one/(a particular) place and there he remained that night. He took a stone and he used-it-as-a-pillow for his sleeping.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)