complete verse (Genesis 32:29)

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

  • Kankanaey: “Jacob then said, ‘Please also tell (me) your (sing.) name.’ But the man said, ‘Stop/No, don’t be-asking my name.’ After-that he then blessed Jacob and left.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jacob said — ‘What is your name?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob also asked him, ‘Tell me also your (sing.) name.’ But the person replied, ‘Do- not now -ask my name.’ Then he blessed Jacob there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jacob said, ‘Now, please tell me your name!’ The man replied, ‘Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!’ But he blessed Jacob there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:30:

  • Kankanaey: “And Jacob named that place Peniel, because he said, ‘God and I have-faced-each-other (sudden-realization), and I am still living.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So Jacob named that place Peniel. For he thought — ‘Even though I met God face to face, I survived.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob named that place Peniel, for he said, ‘I was-able-to-see the face/figure/appearance of God but still I am-alive.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Jacob named the place Peniel, which means ‘God’s face’, saying ‘I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 32:31:

  • Kankanaey: “The sun-was-rising when- Jacob -left Peniel, and he limped in walking on-account of his dislocated hip.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because his buttocks were torn and out of joint, he walked awkwardly. When he passed Peniel the sun had already risen.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The sun was- already -rising when Jacob left-from Peniel. He was-limping because of his dislocated bone in the hip.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 32:32)

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

  • Kankanaey: “That is the reason that when the Israelita butcher something, they don’t use-for-meat-viand the muscle of the hip until today (doesn’t imply that they now eat it), because that muscle is what Jacob’s wrestling-partner hit.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because of the injury incurred on Jacob’s buttocks, the people of Israel, even till now, do not eat the flesh of the buttocks of any animal.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is the reason why until now the Israelinhon do- not -eat the tendon at the joint of the bone in the hip. For there (in) that part God squeezed Jacob.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 33:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 33:1:

  • Newari: “Jacob saw Esau coming with 400 men. So he divided up the children, putting them in the care of Leah, Rachel, and the two maid servants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, when Jacob looked-up, he saw Esau approaching with 400 men. So he had- his children -gathered to their respective/[lit. each to each] mother.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Jacob joined the rest of his family. Later that day* Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. Jacob was worried because of that, so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 33:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 33:2:

  • Newari: “At the front [he] sent off the two maid servants and their children. After that he sent off Leah and her children. Last of all [he] sent off Rachel and Joseph.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And when they went, he had- the two female servants and their children -go-ahead/first, next (was) Lea and her children, and then Raquel and her child Jose.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 33:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 33:3:

  • Newari: “Jacob himself, however, went to the front. He bowed down seven times until he arrived before his elder brother.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jacob was-going-ahead-of them all and he knelt several times while he was-coming-near his sibling/(brother).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 33:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 33:4:

  • Newari: “Esau came running, embraced him and kissed him. Then they both wept.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But Esau ran to-meet him. Esau embraced him and kissed-(him), and the two of them cried.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried.” (Source: Translation for Translators)