complete verse (1 Chronicles 5:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 5:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “All these came from the stomach of Abihail. And the one who produced Abihail was Huri who was son of Jaroah, whose father was Gilead who was son of Michael, who was son of Jeshishai, who was son of Jahdo, who was son of Buz.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “These were the descendants of Abihail. Abihail was the son of Huri. Huri was the son of Jaroah. Jaroah was the son of Gilead. Gilead was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Jeshishai. Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo. Jahdo was the son of Buz.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They were the descendants of Abihail the child of Huri. This Huri was the child of Jaroa and grandchild of Gilead, and great-grandchild of Micael. This Micael was the child of Jeshishai and grandchild of Jado, and great-grandchild of Buz.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)

Translation commentary on 1 Chronicles 5:14

These were the sons of Abihail …: The demonstrative pronoun These apparently refers to the persons just named in the preceding verses. The word sons is best understood in the sense of “descendants” (Good News Translation) in this context. A list of Abihail’s ancestors is given in the form son of … son of…. Good News Translation omits the repetition by restructuring this verse and saying “whose ancestors were traced back as follows.” The order in which the names are given implies that each successive person named is the father of the previous one. This verse is difficult to understand. The reader expects a list of brothers who were the sons of Abihail. Or one expects a list of descendants of Abihail, but instead the list consists of seven generations of ancestors of Abihail. Abihail is therefore listed as a descendant of Buz and not an ancestor of Buz.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .