complete verse (Numbers 13:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 13:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “They first went to the side/area of Negev and then reached a city which was called Hebron. Here lived Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai who hailed from the house/family of Anak. (Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt was built.)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From the Negev they arrived in Hebron. Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living there. Hebron had been built seven years before the Egyptian city, Zoan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They started at Negev until they were-able-to-reach Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak live. (This Hebron was founded/[lit. built] seven years before Zoan in Egipto was-founded/[lit. built]).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, huge men descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan city was built in Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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