Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 26:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:21:

  • Newari: “Isaac’s servants dug another well. There they also came to fight. So the name of that one was ‘Enemy.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The servants of Isaac dug again another well, but still they also quarreled-over it with those- (who) -came-from-Gerar. So Isaac named the well Sitna.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, which means ‘opposition’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:22:

  • Newari: “After that they went to another place and dug another well. This time, however, no one came to fight. So he gave that well the name ‘Rehoboth’ — ‘Now, however, the LORD has given us a place to stay and to increase.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Isaac and company left-from there and dug again another well. They did not quarrel-over it, so Isaac named it Rehobot. For he said, ‘Now the LORD has-given us (incl.) a wide place so-that we (incl.) will-become- very -many here.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, which means ‘uninhabited place’, saying, ‘Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:23:

  • Newari: “From there he went to Beersheba.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Later on Isaac left-from that place and went-to Beersheba.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “From there Isaac went up to Beersheba.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:24:

  • Newari: “That night the LORD came to him, appeared and said to him — ‘I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you as I promised my servant Abraham, and you will have many descendants.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That very night when he arrived, the LORD appeared to him and said, ‘I am the God of your father Abraham. [You (sing.)] do- not -be-afraid for I am-with you (sing.). I will-bless you and will-give many descendants because of Abraham my servant.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, ‘I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:25:

  • Newari: “Having built an altar there, Isaac prayed to the LORD. He also set up his tent right there. His servants started the work of digging a well there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So Isaac made an altar and worshipped the LORD. He erected/[lit. caused-to-stand] a tent in that place and had- his servants -dig a well.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Isaac built a stone altar there and offered a sacrifice to worship Yahweh. He and his servants set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:26)

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

  • Newari: “One day Abimelech came from Gerar to Isaac, bringing along his advisor Ahuzzath and [his] commanding general Phicol.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abimelec came-to Isaac from Gerar with Ahuzat his adviser and Ficol the leader of his soldiers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “While they were digging the well, King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:27:

  • Newari: “Isaac said to them — ‘Why have you come here? Formerly you despised me and drove me out of your land.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Isaac asked them, ‘Why have- you (pl.) -come-to me? Are you (pl.) not angry with me, and that is why you in-fact had- me -leave-from your (pl.) place?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Isaac asked them, ‘You acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:28:

  • Newari: “They said — So now [we] will make a treaty beween us. We will make a treaty like this.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They answered, ‘We have-proven that the LORD is-with you (sing.), so we (excl.) thought that we (incl.) should make an agreement with swearing. You (sing.) will-promise to us (excl.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One of them answered, ‘We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you,” (Source: Translation for Translators)