Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 26:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:13:

  • Kankanaey: “and his possessions were unfailingly added to (lit. added-to added-to) until he became-extremely-wealthy.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Isaac’s field work prospered more and more. And in this way he became very rich.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “His prosperity continued until he became- very -wealthy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:14:

  • Kankanaey: “His sheep, cattle and slaves became-many, so the Filisteo became-jealous-of (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because he became prosperous [having] many sheep, goats and male and female servants, the Philistines became envious of him [lit.: seeing him, became envious].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Filistinhon were-jealous of him because his sheep, goats, cows, and servants were now many.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:15:

  • Kankanaey: “They filled-in with soil all the water-fetching-places that the slaves of his father Abraham had-dug in his time.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then, pushing down stones and earth, they covered the wells that his father Abraham’s servants had dug while he was still living.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In their jealousy of Isaac, they filled-in soil into the wells that had-been-dug in time-past by the servants of his father Abraham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:16:

  • Kankanaey: “Then Abimelek said to Isaac, ‘It-is-necessary that you (sing.) leave this country/town of ours (excl.) because here-now you (sing.) are already stronger than we (excl.).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Abimelech also said to Isaac — ‘You go, leaving our land, for you have become stronger than we are.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, Abimelec said to Isaac, ‘[You (sing.)] leave here now, for you (pl.) are now very many for us (incl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Abimelech said to Isaac, ‘You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:17:

  • Kankanaey: “And-so Isaac departed from that country and camped in the plain at Gerar there he stayed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So Isaac went out from the city, and setting up tents in a place which had a dry river outside Gerar, lived [there].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore Isaac left, and he erected/[lit. caused-to-stand] his tent in Gerar which (is a) place-where- water -flows, and now settled there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Isaac and his family moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley and started to live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:18:

  • Kankanaey: “Isaac again dug-out the water-fetching-places that his father Abraham had dug in his time and the Filisteo had filled-in at his death. He named (them) what Abraham had named them just the same.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Isaac again dug the wells that had been dug in the time of his father Abraham and which the Philistines filled up after Abraham died. And he gave the wells the same names that Abraham had given them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He caused-to-be-dug again the wells of his father Abraham that the Filistinhon filled-in after Abraham died. Isaac named the wells with the same name that Abraham had-given (them) before back-then.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up with dirt after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:19:

  • Newari: “When Isaac’s servants holes in the dry river they found little springs there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “There in the dried flowing-place of water the servants of Isaac dug a new well and they discovered a spring.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:20:

  • Newari: “Then the shepherds living in Gerar came to fight with the shepherds of Isaac, saying, ‘This is our water.’ So that little spring’s name was ‘Struggle.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But the herdsmen who came-from-Gerar argued with the herdsmen of Isaac that/[linker] they-say so-it-was-said that the well was theirs. So Isaac named the well Esek, because those-(who)-came-from-Gerar had-argued with him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But other men who lived in Gerar Valley who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, ‘The water in this well is ours!’ So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)