Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 27:26)

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

  • Kankanaey: “he said, ‘Come here my child so-that you (sing.) will-kiss-me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Isaac said — ‘Come close, child, and kiss me.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Isaac said to him, ‘Come-closer to me, child, and kiss me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Isaac said to him, ‘My son, come here and kiss me.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:27)

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

  • Kankanaey: “When Jacob then approached to kiss him, his father smelled his clothes and he blessed him saying, ‘You (sing.) are admittedly fragrant my child, because your (sing.) fragrance, it is like the fragrance of the forest that God has blessed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When Jacob kissed him, Isaac recognized the fragrance of his clothes, and said — ‘My son’s fragrance is like the fragrance of the earth that the LORD has blessed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob went-near to him and kissed (him). When Isaac smelled his clothes, he then blessed Jacob saying, ‘This smell of my child is like the smell of the field that the LORD has-blessed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, ‘Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:28:

  • Kankanaey: “May it be that the rain that God sends from the sky will suffice for you (sing.) continually and that the growth of even anything you (sing.) plant on this earth will also be good. May it be that God will-cause-to-be-much what-you-(sing.)-harvest and that much also will be what-you-(sing.)-make-into-rice-wine.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “May God bless you by causing dew to fall from the heavens, by causing much fruit to be borne in the fields and may He give you much grain and new wine.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “May-it-be that God give you (sing.) bountiful/fruitful land that always has dew which is his grace, so-that your grains and wine/[lit. juice of grapes] are-abundant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven to water your fields, and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:29:

  • Kankanaey: “May it also be that you (sing.) will rule those who inhabit other nations so-that they will serve you (sing.). Even your (sing.) siblings who are children of your (sing.) mother, they will kneel-down to you (sing.), because you (sing.) will be the one who will also rule-over them. May it also be that the one who curses you (sing.) will be cursed while by-contrast the one who blesses you (sing.) will be blessed.’ That’s what Isaac said in blessing Jacob his child.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “May various nations serve you, may people bow down to you, may you become the master of your elder and younger brothers, may your younger brothers bow down to you, may all who curse you fall under a curse, may all those who bless you be blessed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “May-it-be that many people will-cause-(themselves)-to-be-subject under you (sing.) and they will-serve you (sing.). May-it-be that you (sing.) rule-over your relatives and they will-cause-(themselves)-to-be-subject under you (sing.). May-it-be that the one-who curses you (sing.) be cursed also, and the one-who-blesses you (sing.) be blessed also.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who curse you/ask God to do bad things to you, and bless those who bless you.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:30:

  • Newari: “[When] Isaac had finished giving the blessing and Jacob had gone out from there, his elder broter Esau came back from hunting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After Isaac blessed Jacob, Jacob then walked-(away). He had- just -left and then Esau arrived from hunting.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:31:

  • Newari: “He had also prepared delicious food, and, bringing it to his father, said — ‘Father, get up, eat the meat I have brought from hunting, and give me [your] blessing.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He also cooked tasty food and he brought it to his father. He said, ‘Father, [you (sing.)] rise-up and eat this what- I -have-hunted so-that you can-bless me'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, ‘My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:32:

  • Newari: “Isaac asked — ‘Who are you?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Isaac asked him, ‘Who are you (sing.)?’ He replied, ‘I am Esau, your (sing.) older child.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “His father, Isaac, said to him, ‘Who are you?’ He answered, ‘I am Esau, your firstborn son!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 27:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 27:33:

  • Newari: “Hearing this Isaac trembled violently. Then he said — ‘If so, who was it that hunted and fed me meat before you came? I have already given him the blessing. [And] he will now indeed be blessed.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Isaac heard this, he trembled-violently and said, ‘Who was [surprise particle] the-one-who hunted and brought food here to me? I had- just recently -eaten it and then you (sing.) arrived. I already gave to him my blessing and I can- not [emphasis] -retrieve it.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, ‘Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)