Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 5:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:23:

  • Kankanaey: “When he yeared 365,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All together Enoch lived 365 years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Metusela was-born, Enoc lived 300 more years and his children increased-in-number even more. During those years Enoc had a very close relationship with God, so when he was already 365 years of age he disappeared/went-missing, because God took him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Enoch lived 365 years altogether in close fellowship with God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:24:

  • Kankanaey: “he-was-still-companioning-with God, and he-became-absent/disappeared, because God took him.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As long as he lived he lived doing what God said. Then he disappeared because God took him away to Himself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Metusela was-born, Enoc lived 300 more years and his children increased-in-number even more. During those years Enoc had a very close relationship with God, so when he was already 365 years of age he disappeared/went-missing, because God took him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then one day he disappeared, because God took him away to be with him in heaven.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:25:

  • Kankanaey: “Then Metusela then yeared 187, Lamek was-born.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When Methuselah was 187 years old, his son called Lamech was born.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Metusela was already 187 years of age, his male child Lamec was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:26:

  • Kankanaey: “Starting-from then, Metusela lived still for 782 years and he also had other children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that he lived 782 years. Other sons and daughters were also born to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Lamec was-born, Metusela lived 782 more years and his children increased-in-number even more.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born, and became the father of other sons and daughters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:27:

  • Kankanaey: “He yeared 969, then he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way Methuselah lived 969 years and died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He died at the age of 969.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Methuselah lived 969 years altogether, and then he died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:28)

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

  • Kankanaey: “When Lamek then yeared 182, a male child of his came-out,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When Lamech was 182 years old a son was born to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Lamec was already 182 years of age, his male child was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:29:

  • Kankanaey: “and he named-(him) Noe saying, ‘This child, he will-make-lighter our difficulties in working the soil that God caused-to-be-bad.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He named him Noah, saying ‘May we be set free from the work we have been doing on the earth that the LORD has cursed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘This son of mine can-help in our (incl.) hard-work/labor on the land that the LORD had-cursed, so I will-name him Noe.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “whom he named Noah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘relief’, because he said, ‘He will bring us relief from all the hard work we have been doing to produce food from the ground that Yahweh cursed.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:30:

  • Kankanaey: “Starting-from when- Noe -was-born, Lamek lived still for 595 years and he also had other children.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Lamech lived another 595 years. Other sons and daughters were also born to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Noe was-born, Lamec lived 595 more years and his children increased-in-number even more.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Lamech lived 595 years after Noah was born and became the father of other sons and daughters.” (Source: Translation for Translators)