Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 21:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:28:

  • Newari: “Abraham removed seven (7) of his sheep from the flock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham also took seven female sheep and he set- them -apart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:29:

  • Newari: “Then Abimelech said — ‘Why have you done like this?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abimelec asked, ‘For what are those seven female sheep which you set-apart?'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abimelech asked Abraham, ‘What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:30:

  • Newari: “Abraham gave answer saying — ‘Please take these seven (7) sheep. This will give evidence that I dug this well.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham replied, ‘Accept these seven female sheep as proof that I was-the-one-who-dug that well.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abraham replied, ‘I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me, so that it may be a public witness/proof that this well belongs to me because I dug it.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:31)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:31:

  • Newari: “In this way the name of that place became Beersheba. For there they made an agreement.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of this swearing-to-each-other of them, that place was called Beersheba.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, because there the two of them made that agreement.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:32)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:32:

  • Newari: “Having finished making the Beersheba agreement Abimelech and his commanding general Phicol went back to the land of the Philistines.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “After their swearing-to-each-other there on Beersheba, Abimelec and Ficol returned to the land of the Filistinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:33)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:33:

  • Newari: “Abraham planted one tamarind plant in Beersheba. And [he] took the name of the LORD, the forever living God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham planted a tamarisko tree there in Beersheba and there he worshipped the LORD, the God with no ending.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abraham planted a tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 21:34)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 21:34:

  • Newari: “Abraham stayed for many days in the land of the Philistines.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham lived in the land of the Filistinhon for a long time.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 22:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 22:1:

  • Kankanaey: “When how many years had gone, God said/thought that he would test Abraham. So he called him saying, ‘Ay (vocative) Abraham.’ ‘Do you (sing.) have something to say, Sir/Lord?’ he said answering.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Some time later God summoned Abraham to test him — ‘Abraham!'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, God tested Abraham. He called Abraham, and Abraham answered him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Several years later, God tested Abraham to find out whether Abraham really trusted in him and would obey him. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, ‘I’m here.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)