Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 20:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:10:

  • Newari: “Why did you do like this?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But why did you (sing.) do this?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abimelech asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:11:

  • Newari: “Abraham said — ‘In my mind [I thought] the ones who live here do not honor God. And to take my wife [they] will kill me. So thinking I did like this.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham replied, ‘I thought there was not even one here who respects God, therefore I thought that maybe you (pl.) will-kill me so-that you (pl.) could-take my wife.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abraham replied, ‘I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:12:

  • Newari: “She really is my younger sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not of my mother. I married her.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “(It is) really true that we (excl.) are-siblings, but only (from)-the father-(side) and not the mother-(side); and I married her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Besides, she really can be considered my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:13:

  • Newari: “Since God made me one who left his father’s house and went hither and thither, I said to Sarah, ‘Everywhere we go, do me the kindness to say [that] I am your elder brother’.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When God told me to-leave the household of my father, I told Sara that she should-introduce (us) that we (excl.) are-siblings wherever we would-go. In this way she could-show her love to me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, ‘This is my brother.”'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:14:

  • Newari: “Then Abimelech gave Abraham sheep, oxen, servants and maid servants. [He] also gave back his wife, Sarah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abimelec returned Sara to Abraham, and he even gave Abraham sheep, cattle, and female and male slaves.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:15:

  • Newari: “He said to Abraham — ‘This land is all mine. Stay wherever you like.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then he said to Abraham, ‘I am-willing to have- you (pl.) -stay in my land. You (pl.) stay wherever you (pl.) want.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And Abimelech said to him, ‘Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:16:

  • Newari: “He said to Sarah — ‘So that all may know that you have done no wrong, I have given you elder brother one thousand [pieces] of silver money.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He also said to Sara, ‘I will-give your sibling 1,000 pieces of silver as proof to all your (pl.) companions that I have- not -touched you (sing.) and so-that they will- not -think that you have-done an evil/bad (thing).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And he said to Sarah, ‘Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will bring up this matter again and say that I have done something wrong.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 20:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 20:17:

  • Newari: “Abraham prayed to God. And God healed Abimelech, his wife, and [his] maid servants. Now they became able to have children again.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of Abimelec’s taking-away of Sarah, the LORD willed that all the women in his household could- not -give-birth. Therefore Abraham prayed to God, and God healed the wife of Abimelec and his female slaves so-that they could-give-birth again. God also healed Abimelec from his sickness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)