Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 22:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:22:

Newari: “Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaf, and Betuel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:23:

Newari: “This Bethuel was the father of Rebekah. These were the eight sons that Abraham’s younger brother Nahor had from Milcah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Eight of them (were) the children of Nahor with Milca. Betuel was the father of Rebekah.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “who was the father of Rebekah, who later became Isaac’s wife. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:24:

Newari: “Nahor also had four children from [his] concubine [lit.: illegitimate wife] Reumah — Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Nahor also had children with his other wife Reuma. They (were) Teba, Gaham, Tahash and Maaca.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Nahor also had a concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife, whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:1:

Kankanaey: “When Sara yeared one-hundred and twenty and seven,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “When Sarah was 127 years old,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Sarah lived 127 years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “When Sarah was 127 years old,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:2:

Kankanaey: “she died at Hebron in the region of Canaan, and Abraham mourned-for her.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “[she] died in a place in Canaan called Kiriath-arba (nowdays called Hebron). Abraham mourned her death.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “She died there at Kiriat Arba (that is Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham mourned greatly when Sarah died.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “she died at Kiriath-Arba town, which is now called Hebron, in the Canaan region. After Abraham mourned for her,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:3:

Newari: “He went to the Hittites and said –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Now, Abraham left-alone for-a-while the corpse/dead-body of his wife and he went-to-go-see the Hithanon and said to them,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “he left the body of his wife and went and spoke to some of the descendants of Heth, saying,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:4:

Newari: “I have lived [here] having come from outside your place. I do not have a field to bury my wife. So please sell me one field.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “‘I have lived here in your place as a stranger, therefore if (it is) possible you (pl.) let- me -buy land where I can bury my wife.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “‘I am a foreigner living among you, so I do not own any land here. Sell me some land here so that I can bury my wife’s body.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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