Translation for Translators

complete verse (Genesis 29:26)

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

Kankanaey: “Laban said answering, ‘Well-you-see it’s not our (excl.) custom here to precede to give-in-marriage the younger-sibling before the older-sibling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Laban said — ‘We do not have the custom of marrying the younger daughter if the older daughter is not [yet] married.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Laban replied, ‘That (is) not the custom here in our (incl.) place that the younger-one will-be-caused-to-marry before the older-one.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Laban replied, ‘In this land, it is not our custom to give a younger daughter to be married before we let someone marry our firstborn daughter.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

Kankanaey: “Wait so-that this week will pass-by so-that what we (excl.) are butchering for the wedding is finished. Then I will also give Raquel to you (sing.) so-that you (sing.) will-marry (her), provided you (sing.) work seven years again.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “So celebrate for seven days with Leah. Then get married once more, with Rachel. In return for this you must work another seven years at my place.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Just wait to-be-finished the one week celebration of this wedding for then I will-have- Raquel -marry you (sing.), that-is if you (sing.) will-serve me again for seven more years.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “After we finish this week of celebration, we will let you marry the younger one also. But in return, you must pay for Rachel by working for me for another seven years.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:28:

Kankanaey: “Jacob agreed-to (lit. yessed) that-aforementioned which Laban said, and when that week-long-period was finished, Laban gave his child Raquel to him so-that he would-marry (her).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “He did just that. Seven days later Laban gave his daughter Rachel in marriage to Jacob.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Jacob agreed to what- Laban -said. After one week of celebration of his/[lit. their] marriage to Lea, Laban had- Raquel -marry him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter, Rachel, to be his wife.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

Kankanaey: “(He also gave to Raquel his young-lady slave who was Bilha to be her helper.)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Laban gave his maid servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as maid servant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “(Laban gave Raquel his female servant Bilha in-order-to become servant of Raquel.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Laban gave his slave girl, Bilhah, to Rachel to be her maid/servant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:30:

Kankanaey: “And-so Jacob also slept-with Raquel, and that’s whom he loved more than Lea. After that he worked for Laban for seven years again.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Newari: “Jacob also married Rachel. He loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked another seven years for Laban.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So Jacob also laid-together with Raquel. Raquel (was) more beloved of/by him than Lea. Jacob served Laban for-yet another seven years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Jacob had sex with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. And Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:31:

Newari: “Realizing that Leah was not loved, the LORD caused her to conceive. Rachel, however, was barren.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The LORD saw that Lea (was) not beloved of Jacob, so he willed that Lea would-give-birth, but Raquel on-the-other-hand (could)-not.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “When Yahweh saw that Jacob did not love Leah very much, he enabled her to become pregnant. But Rachel was not able to become pregnant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:32:

Newari: “Leah conceived, and she gave birth to a son. She named that child Ruben, like she had planned — ‘The LORD has actually seen my sorrow. Now my husband will love me.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Lea became-pregnant and gave-birth to a son and she named (him) Reuben, for she said, ‘The LORD saw my difficulty, and surely now my husband will-love me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Leah gave birth to a son, whom she named Reuben, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘Look, a son!’ She said, ‘Yahweh has seen that I was miserable, and because of that he has given me a son. Now, surely my husband will love me for giving birth to a son for him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:33:

Newari: “She conceived again, and again she gave birth to another son. She said — ‘Realizing that I was not loved, The LORD has also given me this son.’ So she named him Simeon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “She became-pregnant again and gave-birth to another son. She said, ‘The LORD has-given me another son for he has-heard that my husband does- not -love me.’ So she named the child Simeon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, ‘Because Yahweh has heard that my husband doesn’t love me, he has given me this son, too.’ So she named him Simeon, which means ‘someone who hears’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)