Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Exodus 1:1)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “The sons of Jacob who went with their father to the land of Egypt together with their children are these:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob taking their own family are” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These are the male children of Jacob who went-with/accompanied him to Egipto, with their families:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “The male children of Iakop who went to Isip with him, each of them went with their spouses and their children. The names of Israel’s male children are as follows:” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “When Jacob had gone Egypt, his children who they went with them together were” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Juda,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “Ruben and Simeon and Livai and Iuda” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Reuben, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and Isakar and Sebulun and Benjamin” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “and Issachar, and Zebulun, and Benjamin,” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Dan, Naphtali, gad and Asher.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Dan, Napthali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Dan, Naftali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “and Dan and Naptali and Gat and Aser.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “and Dan, and Naphtali, and Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “The people from the stomach of Jacob who went to the land of Egypt were seventy. When Jacob reached there, (he) met/found Joseph living there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Jacob had seventy offspring altogether. His son Joseph was in Egypt already.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Jose (was) already there in Egipto. (There were) 70 descendants of Jacob altogether when he went to Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “In that day, the family members [descended] from Iakop, their number amounted to seventy. But Iosep was living already there in Isip.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “In year when they had gone Egypt, seed of Jacob all, they be ones who be 70 (seventy). And son namely Joseph before lived Egypt.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Altogether there were 70 people who went with Jacob. That included his sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons. His son Joseph was already in Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Joseph and his brothers stayed/lived in that land until they were old and they died there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Joseph, his brothers and all the people of his generation died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Later-on Jose and all his siblings died. That generation came-to-an-end,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that Iosep together with his older brothers and all the people in that day were living their lives until it was finished. And after their death,” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “Afterwards, Joseph, with brothers, with generations their all, they became old died.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Eventually Joseph and his older and younger brothers and everyone else in their family who lived in that generation/at that time died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “But their children reproduced so much until they became many and strong in that land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “However, the offspring of Israel increased in number abundantly. Because of that, they filled the whole country of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “but their descendants multiplied/became-many quickly. [Due] to their great numbers they spread-out to every part of Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “the Israel people bore many children and so they became a very strong tribe and so they filled up that area.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “And people of Israel multiplied be many. When number their increased exceedingly, they filled land of Egypt all.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children. The number of his descendants kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they became a threat to the Egyptians).” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Exodus 1:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But later, another person took over the rulership of Egypt who did not know what had happened in the days of Joseph.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “A new king who did not know Joseph was enthroned in Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Now, there-was now a new king in Egipto who did- not -know about Jose” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Bariai: “It came about that a new great chief stood and was leading in the area of Isip. But that great chief didn’t know Iosep.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
  • Opo: “During that time, king of Egypt new take place came with his work. And that new king, there was nothing he knew about Joseph.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
  • English: “Then several hundred years later, a new king began to rule in Egypt. He did not know what Joseph had done for the people of Egypt long ago.” (Source: Translation for Translators)