complete verse (Genesis 32:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:13:

  • Kankanaey: “When it-was-finished that Jacob prayed, he-chose-some-of his animals that he would give to Esau,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That night he stayed there. For his elder brother Esau he chose like this from the wealth that he had.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob and-company slept there during-the-night. In the morning, Jacob chose animals to-give-as-gift to Esau:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:14:

  • Newari: “Two hundred female goats, 20 goats, 200 sheep, 20 lambs,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:15:

  • Newari: “30 female camels and their calves, 40 cows, 10 oxen, as well as 20 female donkeys and 10 donkeys.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “30 for/receiving-milk camels with their young/(calves), 40 female cattle and 10 bull cattle, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:16:

  • Newari: “Putting them in the care of his servants, he said — ‘You go ahead of me. And having spread out space between one group and the other, go!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Jacob put-into-groups the animals, and each group had servants who were-watching-over. He said to his servants, ‘[You (pl.)] go-ahead of me, and [you (pl.)] go having a space (between) each group.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, ‘Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:17:

  • Newari: “He instructed the servant who would go first [lit.: before [them] all] — ‘Having met my elder brother Esau, if he asks you — ‘Whose man are you, Where are you about to go, To whom does the herd going before you belong'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He told the servants who were-watching- over the first/leading group, ‘If you (pl.) (and) Esau meet-each-other and he asks whose servants you (pl.) (are) and where you (pl.) (are) going, and [if] whose animals those (are) which you (pl.) are-bringing,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He said to the servant who was going with the first group, ‘When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:18:

  • Newari: “You answer like this — ‘This belongs to [lit., is of] your servant Jacob. All this is being sent as a gift for his master Esau. He is coming behind us.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[you (pl.)] answer him that these (are) my animals and it (is) my gift to him. [You (pl.)] tell him also that I am-following.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.”” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:19:

  • Newari: “He also instructed the second and third servant following him as well as all who went following the herds in exactly the same way — ‘When you meet Esau, you also say like that.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The same-thing he also said to the second, to the third and to all the servants who were-following the animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, ‘When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:20:

  • Kankanaey: “… and he caused-them-to-go-ahead with some of his slaves, because he figured that that would be his means-of-appeasing him so-that hopefully he would forgive him upon their meeting.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If you speak like this, don’t forget to say — ‘Your servant Jacob is coming beind us.”” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And he really warned them not to forget to tell Esau that he was-following-behind. For Jacob said in his mind/[lit. thinking], ‘I will-pacify Esau with these gifts which I am-going-to-send-ahead. And when we (excl.) will-meet-each-other maybe he will-forgive me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, ‘Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to act peacefully toward/stop being angry with me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)