Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 24:42)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:42:

  • Newari: “Arriving here at the well today I prayed in [my] heart — ‘LORD, God of my master Abraham, I have come here to do a certain work, fulfill that work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore when I arrived earlier-today at the well, I prayed. I said, ‘LORD, God of my master Abraham, may-it-happen that you (sing.) will-facilitate my purpose in coming here.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘hen I came today to the well, I prayed, ‘Yahweh God whom my master, Abraham worships, if you are willing, please allow this journey of mine to be successful.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:43)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:43:

  • Newari: “I am standing here by the well. A certain girl comes to get water, A certain girl comes to get water,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, I am standing here beside the well. If indeed a young-unmarried-lady comes to-draw-water, I will-ask for only a little water from her jar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Listen to me. I am standing beside a well. A young woman may come to draw water. I will say to her, ‘Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:44)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:44:

  • Newari: “She will say to me, ‘Have a drink, I will also give water to your camels to drink.’ Then that very girl will be the one the LORD has chosen for my master’s son.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If she indeed agrees to-let- me -drink including my camels, may she be-the-woman whom you have-chosen to become the wife of the child of my master.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If she says to me, ‘Certainly, drink some! And I will also draw some water for your camels,’ that will be the woman whom you have chosen for my master’s son!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:45)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:45:

  • Newari: “‘Before I had finished praying, Rebekah came toward the well, bringing a pitcher. She drew water from the well. I said to her — ‘Give me a little water to drink.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Before I in-fact finished praying, Rebekah arrived carrying a jar on her shoulder. She went-down to the well and drew-water. I said to her, ‘Please let- me -drink.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Before I finished praying, amazingly, Rebekah approached with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the well and got some water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:46:

  • Newari: “She quickly put the pitcher down [and] said, ‘Have a drink, [and] I will also give water to your camels to drink.’ So I drank the water. She also put [out] water for the camels.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “She then lowered the jar from her shoulder, and said, ‘Okay, [you (sing.)] drink, and I will- also -cause- your camels -to-drink.’ Therefore I drank, and then she had- the camels -drink too.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “She quickly lowered her jar and said, ‘Drink some! And I will draw water from the well for your camels, too.’ So I drank some water, and she also got water for the camels.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:47)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:47:

  • Newari: “‘I asked her — ‘Whose daughter are you?’ ‘” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After that, I asked her whose child she (was). She replied, ‘(The child) of Betuel the son of Nahor and Milca.’ Then I put a ring on her nose and put- bracelets -on her arms.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor and his wife, Milcah.’ I had a ring and bracelets with me, and I put the ring in her nose and put the bracelets on her arms.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:48)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:48:

  • Newari: “‘I bowed my head before the LORD, and I praised the LORD God of my master Abraham. He had sent me directly to meet my master’s younger brother’s grandchild for his son.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I then knelt-down and worshipped the LORD. I praised the LORD, the God of my master Abraham. He is the-one-who-led me to the right place, where I found the child of the relative of my master to become the wife of his child.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then I bowed and worshiped Yahweh, and I thanked Yahweh God, the one my master Abraham worships, the one who led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother to be a wife for my master’s son.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:49)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:49:

  • Newari: “If you will show [lit.: do] real love to my master, say ‘yes,’ otherwise, say ‘no.’ Wherever [it] is that I must go, there [I] will go.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Now, I want to know if you (pl.) would-let- Rebeka -become-the-wife of Isaac as showingyour (pl.) true goodness to my master. You (pl.) say first so-that I will-know also what I will-do.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Now, if you are kind and faithful to my master, tell me that you will do what I am asking. If you will not do that, tell me that also, so I may know what to do.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)