LXX Gen 12:4–9: the journey, the high oak and the altars

Says At 12:4 καθάπερ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ Κύριος renders כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֵלָיו יְהוָה, and ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε matches the MT. At 12:5 τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν (Abbott-Smith s.v. ὑπάρχω: “belongings, possessions”) renders רְכוּשָׁם, and πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἣν ἐκτήσαντο (κτάομαι, “to procure for oneself, get, gain, acquire”) renders הַנֶּפֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר־עָשׂוּ, “acquired” where the Hebrew has “made.” The Bodleian Genesis lacks καὶ ἦλθον εἰς γῆν Χανάαν.

Says At 12:6 εἰς τὸ μῆκος αὐτῆς (μῆκος, “length”) stands for בָּאָרֶץ, and ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν τὴν ὑψηλήν (ὑψηλός, “high, lofty”) for עַד אֵלוֹן מוֹרֶה: an adjective, and no name Moreh. οἱ δὲ Χαναναῖοι τότε κατῴκουν τὴν γῆν renders וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי אָז בָּאָרֶץ with a plural and a verb.

Says At 12:7 Τῷ σπέρματί σου (σπέρμα, “seed, offspring, posterity”) renders לְזַרְעֲךָ; both are singular. Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ renders לַיהוָה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָיו.

Uncertain No lean is taken on why the Greek has “high,” on what מוֹרֶה means, or on whether the seed is collective, one person, or both.

Says At 12:8 κατ’ ἀνατολὰς Βαιθήλ (ἀνατολή, “the sun-rising, the east”) renders מִקֶּדֶם לְבֵית־אֵל, κατὰ θάλασσαν (θάλασσα, “the sea”) renders מִיָּם, and Ai is Ἁγγαὶ. ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου (ἐπικαλέω, middle, “to call upon, invoke”) renders וַיִּקְרָא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה; the Bodleian Genesis has τὸ ὄνομα. After Κυρίου Codex Alexandrinus has an erasure of fifteen letters; Swete does not say what was erased.

Says At 12:9 καὶ πορευθεὶς ἐστρατοπέδευσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ stands for הָלוֹךְ וְנָסוֹעַ הַנֶּגְבָּה, with τῇ ἐρήμῳ (ἔρημος as a noun, “the desert”) for the Negev.