Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 34:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:13:

Newari: “Because Shechem had harmed their younger sister Dinah the sons of Jacob gave answer, scheming to trap Shechem and Hamor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “But because Shekem defiled the character/[lit. being/person] of Dina, the children of Jacob deceived Shekem and his father Hamor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:14:

Newari: “They said — ‘We cannot give our younger sister to an uncircumcised person. [lit.: to a person who does not have the sign in [his] body.] If [we] do like this it will dishonor us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “They said, ‘(It) is- not -possible that we (excl.) will-have- Dina -marry to a man who has- not -been-circumcised, for that would-bring-shame upon us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “by saying to them, ‘No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:15:

Newari: “So only if all your men get circumcised like us [lit.: do the work of putting the sign in the body] will we be able to do like you say.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) will- only -agree if all the men who come-from-here will- also -be-circumcised like us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:16:

Newari: “Only then will you be able to take our daughters, [and] will we be able to take your daughters. Then we will be able to live with you, becoming like one people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “If you (pl.) will-be-circumcised, we (pl.) can/give-consent-to have- our (excl.) young-ladies -marry you (pl.) and we (excl.) can/agree-to marry your (pl.) young-ladies. And we (excl.) will-dwell with you (pl.) so-that we (incl.) will-become just one people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:17:

Newari: “If you do not agree to be circumcised, we will take our younger sister from here and go.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “But if you (pl.) will- not -agree, we (excl.) will-take Dina and go.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:18:

Newari: “Their words [lit.: matter] were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Hamor and Shekem saw that the condition that was-given-by the children of Jacob seemed good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:19:

Newari: “Shechem was the most honored person in his family. Because he had fallen in love with Jacob’s daughter he was not slow to do this work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So because of the great love of Shekem to Dina, he no longer wasted any time to fulfill what- the children of Jacob -had-said. Shekem was- the-most -respected in the household of his father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:20:

Newari: “So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the main gate of the city and spoke to the ones living in the city –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So he and his father/[lit. they with his father] then went there to the gate of the city and talked-together with the men of their city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying,” (Source: Translation for Translators)