LXX Gen 10:1–14: the sons of Japheth and Ham

Says Swete’s numbering in Genesis 10 matches the English and the MT. At 10:2 Swete lists eight sons of Japheth where the MT has seven, adding καὶ Ἐλισὰ before καὶ Θοβὲλ. Γάμερ and Θειράς render גֹּמֶר and וְתִירָס.

Says At 10:4 Swete has Κήτιοι, Ῥόδιοι for כִּתִּים וְדֹדָנִים; Ῥόδιοι are people of Rhodes (Abbott-Smith s.v. Ῥόδος: “the island of Rhodes”), and the BSB’s “Rodanites” agrees with the Greek here. At 10:5 ἀφωρίσθησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν renders נִפְרְדוּ אִיֵּי הַגּוֹיִם (Abbott-Smith: ἀφορίζω, “to mark off by boundaries from, separate from”; νῆσος, “an island”).

Says At 10:8–9 γίγας stands for גִּבֹּר and γίγας κυνηγὸς for גִבֹּר־צַיִד, both said of Νεβρώδ; Abbott-Smith has no entry for either Greek word. 10:9 has ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ (ἐναντίον, “before, in the presence of”) for לִפְנֵי יְהוָה; the proverb repeats ἐναντίον Κυρίου without τοῦ θεοῦ, and the Cotton Genesis omits τοῦ θεοῦ at the first.

Uncertain No lean is taken on who Nimrod was or on what the phrase implies.

Says 10:10–12 name Βαβυλὼν, Ὄρεχ, Ἀρχὰδ and Χαλαννὴ, then Νινευὴ, τὴν Ῥοωβὼς πόλιν for רְחֹבֹת עִיר, Χάλαχ and Δάσεμ for רֶסֶן. At 10:11 ἐξῆλθεν Ἀσσούρ, like יָצָא אַשּׁוּר, has no preposition; Swete prints a stop after Ἀσσούρ.

Uncertain No lean is taken on who is the subject of the going out at 10:11.

Says At 10:13 the clans run Λουδιεὶμ, Νεφθαλιεὶμ, Αἰνεμετιεὶμ, Λαβιεὶμ, so Νεφθαλιεὶμ, for נַפְתֻּחִים, stands second, not fourth. At 10:14 the Philistine clause follows τοὺς Χασμωνιείμ, as in the MT.