complete verse (Genesis 19:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 19:31:

  • Kankanaey: “On one-occasion, the older-sibling said, ‘Our (dual) father is already getting-old and there-is-no man in this land with-whom- we (dual) -will-get-married.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “One day the big daughter said to her younger sister — ‘Our father has already become an old man. There are no husbands in this world to marry us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “One day, the older child said to her younger-one, ‘Our (incl.) father is now old and there is no man here whom we (incl.) can-marry so-that we can-give-birth like what is done everywhere.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One day the older daughter said to the younger daughter/her sister, ‘Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex with us, as people all over the earth do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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