Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 5:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:31:

  • Kankanaey: “Then he died yearing 777.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way Lamech lived 777 years and died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He died at the age of 777.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Lamech lived 777 years altogether, and then he died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 5:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 5:32:

  • Kankanaey: “Noe for-his-part, when he already yeared 500, then he sired three males who were Sem and Ham and Jafet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When Noah was 500 years old three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth were born to him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From-the-time Noe was 500 years of age, his male children were born who were Shem, Ham and Jafet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:1:

  • Kankanaey: “When that was so, people increased-in-number on this earth and their female children also increased-in-number.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “People were becoming many on the earth, and their daughters were also becoming many.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, the people on the earth increased-in-number, and their female children were born also.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:2:

  • Kankanaey: “When the children of God saw the beauty of those women, they chose (from them) those whom they wanted to marry.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The sons of God, seeing the very beautiful daughters of man, chose for themselves the ones they really liked, married them and took them away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The children of God saw that the women were beautiful. So they took-as- (their) -wives whoever they like/wanted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “some of the men who belonged to/believed in God saw that some of the women who did not belong to/believe in God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:3:

  • Kankanaey: “Whereupon God said, ‘My Spirit will not endure that way of people forever, because they are just people of-course, so when one-hundred and twenty years go (by), I will terminate their living on earth.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘My Spirit will not remain in the heart of men forever. For they are not ones who will exist forever. From now on they will not live for more than 120 years.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now the LORD said, ‘I will- not -allow man to live for a-long-time because they are only human. So from now-on man will-live not more than 120 years.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Yahweh said, ‘I will not allow* my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:4:

  • Kankanaey: “At that time when- the children of God and the women they married -slept-together and in the following years also, that is when people were born who were extremely large. Those people, much has been related about what they did long ago.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time, and also after that, there were Nephilim on the earth. There were children from the sons of God and the daughters of men. At that time they were strong and famous.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “At that time, and even later, there-were known people on the earth who were the descendants of the children of God who married beautiful women. They were powerful and famous people in ancient times.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There were giants called Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time some of the Nephil men who belonged to/believed in God had sex with women who did not belong to/believe in God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 6:5:

  • Kankanaey: “When God saw that what people were doing was extremely bad and what they were-thinking-about continually was also bad,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seeing that the people who lived on the earth were becoming evil and that it was always only evil matters that were being woven into their hearts, The LORD” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the LORD saw that what the people were-doing on earth was entirely wickedness, and that their thinking was always bad/evil,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 6:6)

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

  • Kankanaey: “he was sad/had-hurt feelings (lit. thoughts were-painful) and he regretted/repented that he had created people on-this earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “repented that he had created people on the earth. He felt very heart-broken.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “he regretted that he had made man on earth. Very great was his sorrow,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh was sorry that he had made people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)