Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:30:
- Kankanaey: “When he saw the earrings and what-she-was-wearing-as-a-bracelet and he heard also what she reported, he immediately-ran to the spring to go meet those visitors of theirs. He came-upon Abraham’s slave standing by the camels,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Rebekah’s elder brother Laban, hearing his younger sister’s report, and having seen the bangle and the ear rings that she had put on, quickly went running to the place by the well where Abraham’s servant was standing with the camels.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Her sibling/(brother) Laban was- also there -listening to what she was-telling about what the man had-spoken to her. Laban himself saw the ring and bracelet that Rebeka was-wearing. Therefore he ran going to the well and went to the man whom Rebeka had-said. The man was- still there -standing near the well, alongside the camels.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He was surprised to have seen the bracelets on his sister’s arms and the nose ring and to have heard Rebekah tell what the man had said to her. So he went out and saw the man standing near the camels, close to the well.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:31:
- Kankanaey: “and he said, ‘You (sing.) whom God has blessed, why are you (sing.) standing there (near hearer)? Let’s go to the house (form of the word = home) because there is that which I have prepared where- you (pl.) -will-overnight and a place- also -for- your camels -to-stay.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Come to my house, you who have been blessed by the LORD. Why are you staying out here? I have already prepared a room for you to stay [in] and also a place to keep the camels.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Laban said to him, ‘You in fact/(surprise particle) are the man whom the LORD blesses. Why are you just standing here? Come to the house, for I have- already -prepared the room for you (pl.) and the place for your camels.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said to the man, ‘You who have been blessed by Yahweh, come with me! Why are standing out here?/You should not keep standing out here! I have prepared a room for you in the house, and a place for the camels to stay.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:32:
- Kankanaey: “When they arrived then at the house, Laban had- them -come-in. He removed the cargo of the camels and gave- them -fodder. Then he also brought-for his visitors water so-that they would wash their feet.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Abraham’s servant went to his house along with Laban. Laban let them unload the camels [lit.: take down the loads that were on the bodies of the camels] and gave them straw and food. And [he] brought water to wash the feet of Abraham’s servant and his men.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The servant went-with Laban. When- they -arrived at the house, Laban took-down the cargo of the camels and then he gave the camels straw and fodder. He also brought water to the servant and his companions, so-that they could-wash their feet.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So the servant went to the house, and Laban’s servants unloaded the camels, and brought straw and grain for the camels, and water for him and the men with him to wash their feet.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:33:
- Kankanaey: “Then he set-before (them) what they would eat. Whereupon Abraham’s slave said, ‘In-a-little-while please. I will not eat until I tell my purpose in coming here.’ ‘All-right, tell (it),’ said Laban. So then he related to them all that his master Abraham had instructed him and the way God had led him on the right path. He also related the sign that he had requested from God upon his arrival at the spring so that he-would-thereby-know who it was whom God had chosen for- Isaac -to-marry. When it was finished that he related-it, he asked them if they would give-permission that Rebeka go-with him. (24:34-49)” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that food was brought for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the food was- already -set before them, the servant said, ‘I will- not -eat if I can- not -tell first my purpose in coming here.’ Laban replied, ‘Okay, tell us (excl.).'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, ‘I will not eat until I tell you what I need to tell you/why I have come.’ So Laban said, ‘Tell us!'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:34:
- Newari: “He said — ‘I am a servant of Abraham.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘I am a servant of Abraham.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So the servant said, ‘I am Abraham’s servant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:35:
- Newari: “The LORD has given my master great blessings. And he has also made him a rich person. The LORD has given him large flocks [lit.: hordes] of sheep, goats, cows, oxen, along with camels, donkeys, gold, silver, as well as male and female servants.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD has-blessed my master and he is now very rich. The LORD gave him many sheep, goats, cattle, camels, donkeys, silver, gold, and male and female servants.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh has greatly blessed my master so that he has become very rich. Yahweh has given him many sheep and cattle, a lot of gold and silver, male and female servants, camels and donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:36:
- Newari: “Our master’s wife, Sarah had not given birth to a child until she became an old woman. Still, after becoming an old woman she gave birth to a son. Our master has given him all his property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Even-though Sara his wife was- already very -old, she still was-able-to-give-birth. And this son of theirs will-be-the-one who will-inherit all his possessions.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My master’s wife, Sarah, bore a son for him when she was very old, and my master has given to his son everything he owns.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:37:
- Newari: “Our master made me promise to do as he said. Then he said — ‘You must not give to my son in marriage any woman living in Canaan, the land [where] I am now dwelling.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “My master had-me-swear that I would-fulfill his command which says, ‘[You (sing.)] do- not -choose to-become-the-wife of my child here from those from-Canaan whose land are the ones we are-living-in now.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My master made me solemnly promise, saying, ‘Do not get a wife for my son from the women here in Canaan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
