Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Genesis 24:62)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:62:

  • Kankanaey: “When they arrived in Canaan, Isaac for-his-part had-just-arrived in their town at/in Negev in the south of Canaan, because he had-come-from Beer Lahai Roi.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “At that time Isaac had just come from Beer-lahai-roi. For he had been staying in the Negev.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, Isaac who was- now -living there in Negev had- just newly -arrived from Beer Lahai Roi.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “At that time, Isaac was living in the Negev desert. He had gone there from Beer-Lahai-Roi.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:63)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:63:

  • Kankanaey: “When it was-getting-dark then, Isaac went-outside to go wander-about a slightly-far-distance from their house while-simultaneously he was praying. Looking-up then, he saw-in-the-distance (people) mounted on camels coming.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “One day towards sundown, when Isaac had gone to a field to meditate, he saw some camels coming.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “At around twilight, Isaac went-out and walked-around in the field. He saw camels that were-approaching.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One evening he went out into the field to meditate as he walked. He looked up and was surprised to see some camels coming.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:64)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:64:

  • Kankanaey: “When Rebeka also saw Isaac, she-abruptly-got-down from the camel” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Seeing Isaac, Rebekah got down from [her] camel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Rebeka saw Isaac, she got-down from her camel” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:65)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:65:

  • Kankanaey: “and she asked-for-information from the slave, ‘Who is that man who is approaching to meet-us (verb prefix indicates 1st pers. sg or pl object)?’ ‘The child of my master,’ he said answering. Therefore Rebeka covered her face with a head-cloth, because that was the custom of young-ladies there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then she asked Abraham’s servant — ‘Who is [that] man coming from over there?'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and asked the servant of Abraham, ‘Who is that man in the field who is-approaching us (excl.)?’ The servant answered, ‘He is my master Isaac.’ Therefore Rebeka covered her face with a veil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “and asked the servant, ‘Who is that man who is approaching?’ The servant replied, ‘That is Isaac, my master, the man you will be marrying.’ So she took her veil and covered her face, which was the custom for a woman who was about to be married.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:66)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:66:

  • Kankanaey: “When they then arrived-at Isaac, the slave related to Isaac all that he had done.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The servant reported to Isaac everything he had done.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The servant told Isaac all that he had-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The servant told Isaac everything that had happened.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 24:67)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:67:

  • Kankanaey: “And Isaac took- Rebeka -into-his-home (as wife) in the tent where- his mother -had-lived previously. Large also was his love for her. That being so, his thoughts were comforted, because he had been sad (lit. his thoughts had been-painful) (empathy particle) starting-from the death of his mother.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Isaac brought Rebekah into the tent his mother [had] stayed [in]. And she became Isaac’s wife. He loved Rebekah very much. In this way the grief of not having his mother was lost.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Isaac brought Rebeka there to the tent where his mother Sarah had-lived before. Rebeka became his wife and he loved her very-(much). Therefore Isaac recovered from his sadness because of the death of his mother.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Isaac took Rebekah into the tent that belonged to his mother, Sarah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. So Isaac was comforted about his mother’s death.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 25:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:1:

  • Newari: “Abraham married another woman. Her name was Ketruah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Abraham married again, and the name of his wife was Ketura.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some time after Sarah died, Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Genesis 25:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:2:

  • Newari: “She gave birth to Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their children were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shua.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “She later gave birth to six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)