Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 8:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:9:

Kankanaey: “but since the earth was still flooded and it found no landing-place for itself, it returned to the ark. Noe stretched-out his hand so-that that’s where- the dove -would-land and brought-it-in again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Having no place to go because there was only water of water on the earth, the dove returned to the ship. Putting out his hand, Noah caught the dove and took it into the ship.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “but the dove has no place-to-perch because the whole earth was still covered by water. So the dove just went-back to Noe in the ship. Noe caused/let- the dove -to-perch/land on his hand and caused- (it) -to-enter the ship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “But the dove did not find any place to perch, so it flew back to Noah in the boat, because there was still water all over the surface of the earth. So Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back inside the boat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:10:

Kankanaey: “He waited still for seven days, then he again had-it-go-out.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “He waited another seven days. Then again he caused the dove to fly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Noe let-passed seven days first and he again released the dove.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:11:

Kankanaey: “When it-was-getting-night, it returned bringing a leaf of an olive tree that it had-just-broken-off. And that’s how- Noe -knew that the water had already gone-down on the earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “When the dove came back in the evening there was a freshly cut olive leaf in its beak. Then Noah realized that the water on the earth had become less.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The dove returned when-it-was now twilight/dusk with a fresh olive leaf in its beak. So Noe knew that the water already subsided.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “This time the dove returned to him in the evening and, surprisingly, in its beak there was a leaf from an olive tree that the dove had just plucked. Then Noah knew that the water had truly receded from the surface of the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:12:

Kankanaey: “When another seven days had gone, he again released the dove, but it did not return.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Again he waited another seven days. And again [he] sent the dove flying. This time, however, the dove did not return.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Again Noe let-pass another seven days and he again released the dove, but it did- not -come-back anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:13:

Kankanaey: “When then Noe had six hundred and one years on the first day of the first month, the water was already dried-up/drained-off from the surface of the earth. Noe removed some of the roof of the ark so that he had a way to gaze properly, and he saw that the soil was drying.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “[By] the first day of the first month of Noah’s 601st year, the waters on the earth had subsided. When Noah removed the roof of the ship and looked, he saw that the earth was drying up.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Noe was already 601 years of age. And on the first day of the first month, the water subsided. Noe took-off/(removed) the cover of the ship and he saw that the land was already dry.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Noah was now 601 years old. By the first day of the first month of the Jewish year, the water had completely drained away from the ground. Noah removed the covering on top of the ark, and he was surprised to see that the surface of the ground was drying.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:14:

Kankanaey: “Then on date 27 of the second month, the earth was already dry,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “About two months later the earth was nicely dry.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “On the 27th day of the second month the land throughout the whole world was now very/completely dry.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:15:

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 8:16:

Kankanaey: “‘All of you come-out of the ark, you who are a spouse-unit (i.e., you and your wife) and your children and their spouses.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “‘Take your wife, sons, and daughters in law and come out of the ship.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “‘You (pl.) go-out- now -from the ship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “‘Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)