Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 26:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:29:

  • Newari: “You will not do anything to us. We did not do anything bad to you before, but dealt [with you] nicely. And sent you away without doing anything [to you]. Just like that don’t you do anything to us either. Now the LORD has blessed you.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “that you (sing.) will- not -do-(harm) to us (excl.), because we (excl.) did- not -harm you (sing.) when you were still there with us. We (excl.) treated you (sing.) well and sent- (you) -away when our (incl.) relationship was good. Now, may the LORD bless you (sing.) even more.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:30:

  • Newari: “So Isaac fed them a great feast. They all ate and drank.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So Isaac had-a-feast for them and they ate and drank.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:31:

  • Newari: “Early in the morning the next day Isaac and they made a treaty. Then Isaac bid them farewell. Rejoicing with Isaac, they departed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Very early the next day, they swore to each other/[lit. one and one]. Then Isaac sent- them -away wherewith/[linker] good (was/being) their relationship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Early the next morning they all swore/solemnly promised each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:32:

  • Newari: “That very day Isaac’s servants came to him and said — ‘We have found water.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That day also, the servants of Isaac arrived and told him that there was water in the well that they had-dug.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, ‘We found water in the well!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:33:

  • Newari: “He named it Shibah. So up to now the name of that city is still Beersheba.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Isaac named that well Shiba. So until now that place is called Beersheba.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Isaac named the well Shibah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:34:

  • Newari: “When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Esau was now 40 years, he married Judit the child of Beeri the Hithanon. He also married Basemat the child of Elon [linker] a Hithanon also.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, not from Isaac’s clan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 26:35)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 26:35:

  • Newari: “Those women by doing [what they did] caused life to be difficult for Isaac and Rebekah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These two women caused- too much -grief to Isaac and to Rebeka.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:1:

  • Kankanaey: “When Isaac was already old and-at-the-same-time his eyes had-become-weak, he called Esau who was his older child and said, ‘Ay (vocative) my child.’ ‘What (lit. why)!’ said Esau.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After he was no longer able to see well, having became a very old man, he called his eldest son, Esau.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Isaac was now very old and almost could not see anymore. One time, he called his oldest child Esau. He said, ‘Child.’ Esau replied, ‘What, father?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,” (Source: Translation for Translators)