complete verse (Genesis 32:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:21:

  • Newari: “In this way Jacob’s gifts went on ahead [lit.: went first]. He himself, however, stayed in the tent that night.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So he sent-ahead the gifts, but he on-the-other-hand remained that night there at their dwelling-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So the men taking the gifts went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:22:

  • Kankanaey: “When it was not yet light on that night (i.e., before morning), Jacob got-up and called his two spouses and his two female slaves and his ten and one children so-that he would have- them -cross-over that river.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That night, Jacob got up, took along his two wives, two maid servants, and eleven sons, and crossed the Jabbok River.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “That night, Jacob got-up and he brought his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven children, and they crossed-over the River of Jabok.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:23:

  • Kankanaey: “Then he also had-cross-over all his remaining possessions” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After they had crossed the river, he also sent all the cattle he had brought.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob also had- all of his possessions -cross-over.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:24:

  • Kankanaey: “and he was left-behind alone. When that was so, there-was right-then a man who arrived who wrestled-with him until it was almost light.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this way Jacob was alone. At that time a person came and was wrestling with him until morning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, when he was-alone/[lit. was-only-one], there came a man and (he) wrestled him. They wrestled-each-other until (it) became-morning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:25:

  • Kankanaey: “When that man calculated that he was not able-to-defeat Jacob, he abruptly-hit his thigh and it-was-dislocated.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because that man was not able to defeat Jacob, he hit Jacob right on the buttocks. Because of that his buttocks joint became loose.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the man thought that he could- not -beat Jacob, he squeezed the hip of Jacob and the bones which come-together were-dislocated.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:26)

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

  • Kankanaey: “Then he said, ‘Please release-me, because it’s already getting-light.’ But Jacob said, ‘I-refuse, I will not release you (sing.) until you (sing.) bless me.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That man said — ‘It is about to become morning, let me go now.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the person said, ‘Let- me -go now for (it) is- now/already -dawning.’ But Jacob replied, ‘I will- not -let- you -go if you (sing.) will- not -bless me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then the man said, ‘Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.’ Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with. So he replied, ‘No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:27)

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

  • Kankanaey: “‘What is your (sing.) name?’ the man said. ‘Jacob,’ he answered.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then that man asked — ‘What is your name?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The person asked him, ‘What/[lit. Who] is your (sing.) name?’ He replied, ‘Jacob.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The man said to him, ‘What is your name?’ He replied, ‘Jacob.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:28:

  • Kankanaey: “Then the man said, ‘Starting-from now, your (sing.) name will not be Jacob but rather Israel, because previously there were those you (sing.) defeated who were your (sing.) fellow people, and now also, you (sing.) have-wrestled with God and you (sing.) have-won.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “That man said — ‘From now on your name is Israel, not Jacob. For you have wrestled with God and man and have won.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the person/man said, ‘Starting now your name (is) no-longer Jacob but now Israel because you (sing.) have-struggled-together with God and with humans, and you (sing.) won.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, which means ‘he struggles with God’, because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)