Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 24:58)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:58:

  • Newari: “So they called Rebekah and asked — ‘Will you go with him?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore they called Rebeka and asked, ‘Would you like to-go-with him now?’ Rebeka replied, ‘Yes, I will-go-with.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So they summoned Rebekah and asked her, ‘Will you go with this man now?’ She replied, ‘Yes, I will go.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:59)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:59:

  • Newari: “So they sent Rebekah and her nurse off with Abraham’s servant and his men.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore, they had- Rebeka including the one-who-takes-care of-her -go-with the servant of Abraham and his companions.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So they allowed Rebekah, a woman who had taken care of her when she was very young, Abraham’s servant, and the men who had come with him. to go.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:60)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:60:

  • Newari: “Giving [their] blessing to Rebekah, they said –‘May God give you many descendants, 1 and may your descendants be able to conquer their enemies.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They blessed Rebeka on her journey. They said, ‘Our (excl.) sister/sibling, may-it-be that will-come-from you (sing.) very many descendants. May your descendants defeat their enemies.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Before they all left, they asked God to bless Rebekah, and said to her, ‘Our sister, we ask that Yahweh will cause you to have millions of descendants, and allow them to completely defeat all those that hate them.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:61)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:61:

  • Kankanaey: “On the next day (lit. its morning), Rebeka got-ready and the young-ladies who were her slaves, and they mounted-on-horseback (used also for other animals) on their camels. Then they set-out to-go-with the slave of Abraham.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Rebekah and her maid servants sat on camels, being ready to go with Abraham’s servant. In this way they went from there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When everything was now ready, Rebeka and her female servants rode on the camels, and they followed the servant of Abraham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Rebekah and her maid servants got ready and got on their camels and went with Abraham’s servant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:62)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:62:

  • Kankanaey: “When they arrived in Canaan, Isaac for-his-part had-just-arrived in their town at/in Negev in the south of Canaan, because he had-come-from Beer Lahai Roi.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi. For he had been staying in the Negev.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, Isaac who was- now -living there in Negev had- just newly -arrived from Beer Lahai Roi.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “At that time, Isaac was living in the Negev desert. He had gone there from Beer-Lahai-Roi.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:63)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:63:

  • Kankanaey: “When it was-getting-dark then, Isaac went-outside to go wander-about a slightly-far-distance from their house while-simultaneously he was praying. Looking-up then, he saw-in-the-distance (people) mounted on camels coming.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “One day towards sundown, when Isaac had gone to a field to meditate, he saw some camels coming.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “At around twilight, Isaac went-out and walked-around in the field. He saw camels that were-approaching.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One evening he went out into the field to meditate as he walked. He looked up and was surprised to see some camels coming.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:64)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:64:

  • Kankanaey: “When Rebeka also saw Isaac, she-abruptly-got-down from the camel” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seeing Isaac, Rebekah got down from [her] camel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Rebeka saw Isaac, she got-down from her camel” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:65)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:65:

  • Kankanaey: “and she asked-for-information from the slave, ‘Who is that man who is approaching to meet-us (verb prefix indicates 1st pers. sg or pl object)?’ ‘The child of my master,’ he said answering. Therefore Rebeka covered her face with a head-cloth, because that was the custom of young-ladies there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then she asked Abraham’s servant — ‘Who is [that] man coming from over there?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and asked the servant of Abraham, ‘Who is that man in the field who is-approaching us (excl.)?’ The servant answered, ‘He is my master Isaac.’ Therefore Rebeka covered her face with a veil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and asked the servant, ‘Who is that man who is approaching?’ The servant replied, ‘That is Isaac, my master, the man you will be marrying.’ So she took her veil and covered her face, which was the custom for a woman who was about to be married.” (Source: Translation for Translators)