LXX Gen 14:13–16: Abram “the one from across” and the night pursuit

Says At 14:13 τῶν ἀνασωθέντων τις, “one of those who had escaped,” renders הַפָּלִיט, and Abram is τῷ περάτῃ for הָעִבְרִי. He lives ἐν τῇ δρυὶ τῇ Μαμβρὴ, one oak for the plural בְּאֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא, as at 13:18; Aner is Αὐνάν, and συνωμόται stands for בַּעֲלֵי בְרִית.

Implies The noun περάτῃ shares its stem with πέραν (“on the other side, across”), so the Greek reads הָעִבְרִי as a description, “the one from across,” not as a people-name.

Says At 14:14 ἠρίθμησεν (ἀριθμέω, “to number”) stands for וַיָּרֶק, and τοὺς ἰδίους οἰκογενεῖς αὐτοῦ is one phrase for חֲנִיכָיו יְלִידֵי בֵיתוֹ. τριακοσίους δέκα καὶ ὀκτώ puts the hundreds first, where שְׁמֹנָה עָשָׂר וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת puts eighteen first; the Cotton Genesis has δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ καὶ τριακοσίους. κατεδίωξεν (καταδιώκω, “to pursue closely”) renders וַיִּרְדֹּף. Codex Alexandrinus breaks off within that verb and resumes in 14:17; between, Swete cites only the Cotton Genesis.

Says At 14:15 ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὴν νύκτα (ἐπιπίπτω, “to fall upon”) stands where the MT has וַיֵּחָלֵק עֲלֵיהֶם לַיְלָה, “he divided himself against them by night.” οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ (παῖς, “servant, slave, attendant”) renders וַעֲבָדָיו, and ἐν ἀριστερᾷ Δαμασκοῦ (ἀριστερός, “left, on the left”) renders מִשְּׂמֹאל לְדַמָּשֶׂק. At 14:16 πᾶσαν τὴν ἵππον Σοδόμων adds “of Sodom” to כָּל־הָרְכֻשׁ.

Uncertain No lean is taken on what הָעִבְרִי meant in its own day, or on which Dan is meant.