Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:25:
- Newari: “Three days later when the pain of being circumcised had not yet gone, two sons of Jacob, Dinah’s elder brothers Simeon and Levi, took their swords, without anyone knowing, and went into the city and killed all the men.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After three days, while the men were- still -in-great-pain, the two sons of Jacob who (were) Simeon and Levi, the siblings/(brothers) of Dina, went-into/[lit. enter] the city. The people there did- not -know that their purpose (was) in-fact/[surprise particle] bad. They brought a sword/(swords) and they killed all the men.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On the third day after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:26:
- Newari: “They killed Hamor as well as his son Shechem with the sword. Then they retrieved Dinah from the house of Shechem and brought her with [them].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They also killed Hamor and his child Shekem. They then took Dina from the house of Shekem and went-(away).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:27:
- Newari: “Jacob’s other sons came and plundered the city. In this way they took revenge for their sister’s disgrace.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Afterwards, the other children of Jacob also went-inside the city and took its possessions. They did this because the character/[lit. being/person] of their sister Dinawas-defiled/[lit. made-dirty].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They looted/took everything in the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:28:
- Newari: “They also took away all their sheep, cows, donkeys as well as all the cattle that lived inside and outside the city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They took the sheep, cows, donkeys, and all the things there in the city and in the field.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:29:
- Newari: “They captured all their wealth, children, women and all that was in [their] houses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They took all the wealth of the city, including the things inside the houses. And they took-as-captive all the women and children.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away everything that was in the houses.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:30:
- Newari: “Jacob said to Simeon and Levi — ‘You have made trouble for me. Now the Canaanites, Perizzites, and all who live here will be hostile towards me. There are not many in our name. If they all join together and come to fight with us we will all die.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, ‘You (pl.) have-given me a big problem. The Canaanhon and the Periznon in this place will- now -hold-a-grudge-against us (incl.). We (incl.) will- surely all -die if they will-unite/[lit. will-become-as-one] to-attack us (incl.) because we (incl.) (are) only a-few.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will hate me/say my name stinks! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:31:
- Newari: “They said in reply — ‘Then is it good for him to treat our sister like a prostitute?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But the two replied, ‘Shall- we (excl.) just -pay-no-attention that our (excl.) sister is-treated as-if (she was) a woman who sells her body?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But they replied, ‘Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 35:1:
- Newari: “God said to Jacob — ‘Get up, go to Bethel and stay there. Build an altar for God who appeared to you when you ran away in fear from your elder brother, Esau.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, God said to Jacob, ‘[You (sing.)] get-ready and go to Betel and settle there. [You (sing.)] will- then -build/[lit. make] an altar there for me, the God who appeared to you (sing.) when you (sing.) were- still -fleeing back-then from your (sing.) sibling/(brother) Esau.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Some time later God said to Jacob, ‘Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)