complete verse (Genesis 3:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:15:

  • Kankanaey: “Starting-from now also, you and the woman will quarrel/be-enemies and likewise also those-whom you have-as-descendants. You (sing.) will bite the heel of her descendant(s), but her descendant by-contrast, he will crush your (sing.) head.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will raise discord between you and the woman and between your children and the woman’s children. He will shatter your head, you will bite his heel.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) and the woman will-fight-against-each-other. Your (sing.) descendant and her descendant will- also -fight-against-each-other. She will-smash your (sing.) head and you (sing.) will-bite her heel.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And I will cause you and the woman to act in a hostile way toward each other, and I will cause your brood and her descendants to act hostilely toward each other. You will strike at the heel of one descendant of hers, but he will strike your head.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
  • Swedish Bibel 2000: “And I will incite enmity between you and the woman, between your seed and hers: they shall tread on your head and you will snatch their heel.” (Source: Richard Pleijel in Journal of the Bible and its Reception, March 2025 )
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