Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 17:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:8:

  • Kankanaey: “I will also give to you (sing.) all this country at Canaan where-you-(sing.)-are-considered a foreigner today so-that that’s what your (sing.) descendants will inherit forever, and I just the same will be the God they worship.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You are only strangers now in the land of Canaan. But I will-give this whole land to you and to your descendants. That will-be yours (pl.) forever/[lit. until whenever], and I will-continue to be your (pl.) God.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they will worship.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:9:

  • Kankanaey: “‘As for you (sing.) and the offspring-you-(sing.)-sire, you (pl.) must follow the agreement-that- I -present to you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “‘You and your descendants must honor my covenant forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He still said to Abraham, ‘For your part, you keep my agreement with you. And this is also what your descendants should do in generations to come.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then God said to Abraham, ‘Now you must obey your part of the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:10:

  • Kankanaey: “This is the sign by-which- you -will-show that you are following the agreement-that- I -presented. All the males among you must be-circumcised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As for what my covenant says, which you must obey, [for] as many as are your sons, a sign must be put in the body.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And about that agreement, you (pl.) should circumcise all your males.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:11:

  • Kankanaey: “This is the sign by-which- you -will-show that you are following the agreement-that- I -presented. All the males among you must be-circumcised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From now on a sign must be put in the body of all your male children. This will be a sign of the covenant that has been made between me and you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This will-be a sign of my agreement with you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Cutting the foreskins of/Circumcising them will be the sign that you have accepted the agreement I am making with you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:12:

  • Kankanaey: “Starting-from now, you must circumcise all males that are born (lit. come-out) on their eighth day, including the slaves that are born in your houses and likewise also the slaves that you buy from strangers/foreigners.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “From now on your male children must put the sign in the body when they are eight days old. This must be done not only for your children born in your own house, but also for those that are bought and brought in from outside.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From now on until generations to come, you (pl.) will-circumcise every male child at the age of eight days. You also circumcise the male slaves who were-born in your household and including the slaves you have bought from those from-other places. That sign in your body will-prove that my agreement with you will-continue forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Every male child among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, in all future generations. That includes baby boys in your household or those born from slaves that have been bought, and baby boys of foreigners who live among you but do not belong to your household.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:13:

  • Kankanaey: “Be-sure to circumcise all of them, because that is the sign by-which- you -will-show that you are counted/considered in the unchanging agreement-that- I -presented.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All must have the sign put in the body. In this way my covenant will forever be in your body.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “From now on until generations to come, you (pl.) will-circumcise every male child at the age of eight days. You also circumcise the male slaves who were-born in your household and including the slaves you have bought from those from-other places. That sign in your body will-prove that my agreement with you will-continue forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show you have accepted this everlasting agreement I am making.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:14:

  • Kankanaey: “But if there is however someone among you who is not circumcised, he will be excluded from you who are my people, because of-course he has indeed broken the agreement-that- I -presented.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If the sign has not been put in the body of any man, he will not be my person, for he has not made a covenant with me.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Whoever/Whichever male among you who has- not -been circumcised do- not -consider to-be-part/within you, for he has counted-as-no-value my agreement.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must expel from your community any male who has not been circumcised, because by not being circumcised that person has disobeyed my agreement.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 17:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:15:

  • Kankanaey: “God also said to Abraham, ‘As for your (sing.) spouse moreover who is Sarai, starting-from now her name will not be Sarai but rather Sara.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As for your wife, from now on do not call her Sarai, from now on her name will be Sarah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “God still said to Abraham, ‘Concerning your wife Sarai, (you) no-longer call her Sarai, instead from-now-on Sara is what you will-call her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “God also said to Abraham, ‘As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. Since I changed your name, I will change her name also. Her name will now be Sarah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)