Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 32:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:9:

  • Kankanaey: “When that was finished, he prayed saying, ‘You (sing.) Yahweh who are God of my grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac, please listen to this that I request, because you (sing.) just the same are the one who commanded/instructed me that I return to my own (lit. proper) country and my relatives so-that you (sing.) then make-good my life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Jacob prayed — ‘[O] God of my father Isaac and my ancestor Abraham! LORD, you told me to go back to my own house. You said that you would be with me and that it would be good.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob prayed, ‘God of my grandfather Abraham and God of my father Isaac, you (are) the LORD who said to me that I go-back to my relatives, there in the land where I was-born, and you (sing.) would-bless me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Jacob prayed, ‘O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will cause good things happen to/do good things for you.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:10:

  • Kankanaey: “I am not worthy of the large help you (sing.) have-been-giving me who serves you (sing.). But you (sing.) have helped-me nonetheless, because when-I-crossed the river Jordan back then, only a walking-stick is what I was-taking-along. Now however, two groups of my people and possessions are what-there-are.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I am not worthy of the kindness, love, and trust that you show your servant. For when I crossed over the Jordan River I had only a stick, [and] now I have two large groups of people and cattle.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I (am) not worthy to-receive all the goodness and faithfulness which you (sing.) have- already -shown to me your servant. For when I crossed-over before Jordan I had-nothing to-carry but only [emphasis marker] a staff, but now I already have two groups.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan River on my way to Haran, but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:11:

  • Kankanaey: “Continue then that help of yours (sing.) so that you (sing.) will protect us (excl.) from Esau my older-sibling, because here he is coming and I am afraid lest he kill us (excl.) all, including the mothers-and-children (lit. mother-units).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Now deliver me from my elder brother Esau. I am afraid that he will come and attack not only me, but also my wives and children.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I am- asking- you (sing.) -a-favor that you will-rescue me from my sibling/(brother) Esau. I am-afraid maybe he will-come here and will-kill us (excl.) all including the mothers and their children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So now I pray that you will rescue me from my older* brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:12:

  • Kankanaey: “But as for you (sing.), you (sing.) promised that you (sing.) will make-good my life and also cause-to-become-many my descendants so-that (they will be) like the manyness of the sand at the edge of the ocean.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You have said to me, ‘I will certainly do good to you. And I will make your descendants numerous so that, like the sand, it will not be possible to count them.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) promised me that you (sing.) would-bless me and you (sing.) would-cause- my descendants -to-become-many like the sand on the seashore that can- not -be-counted.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:13:

  • Kankanaey: “When it-was-finished that Jacob prayed, he-chose-some-of his animals that he would give to Esau,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That night he stayed there. For his elder brother Esau he chose like this from the wealth that he had.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob and-company slept there during-the-night. In the morning, Jacob chose animals to-give-as-gift to Esau:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:14:

  • Newari: “Two hundred female goats, 20 goats, 200 sheep, 20 lambs,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:15:

  • Newari: “30 female camels and their calves, 40 cows, 10 oxen, as well as 20 female donkeys and 10 donkeys.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “30 for/receiving-milk camels with their young/(calves), 40 female cattle and 10 bull cattle, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:16:

  • Newari: “Putting them in the care of his servants, he said — ‘You go ahead of me. And having spread out space between one group and the other, go!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob put-into-groups the animals, and each group had servants who were-watching-over. He said to his servants, ‘[You (pl.)] go-ahead of me, and [you (pl.)] go having a space (between) each group.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, ‘Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)