LXX Gen 15:12–21: “nourished” in old age, a flame, and eleven peoples

Says At 15:12 ἔκστασις (ἔκστασις, “a trance”) renders וְתַרְדֵּמָה, and φόβος σκοτινὸς μέγας (σκοτεινός, “dark”) renders אֵימָה חֲשֵׁכָה גְדֹלָה. At 15:13 ἐρρέθη is passive for וַיֹּאמֶר, and πάροικον (πάροικος, “a sojourner”) renders גֵר. Three verbs, κακώσουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ δουλώσουσιν αὐτοὺς καὶ ταπεινώσουσιν αὐτοὺς, stand for the two in וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ אֹתָם; τετρακόσια ἔτη matches אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה.

Says At 15:14 ὧδε (“here”) is a plus. At 15:15 τραφεὶς ἐν γήρει καλῷ (τρέφω, “to nourish, feed”; γῆρας, “old age”) stands where תִּקָּבֵר בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה says “you will be buried in a good old age”; the Cotton Genesis has τραφεὶς ἐν εἰρήνῃ. At 15:16 τετάρτῃ δὲ γενεᾷ renders וְדוֹר רְבִיעִי.

Says At 15:17 φλὸξ ἐγένετο (φλόξ, “a flame”) stands where וַעֲלָטָה הָיָה says it was dark. κλίβανος καπνιζόμενος (κλίβανος, “a furnace”; Abbott-Smith cites this verse) renders תַנּוּר עָשָׁן, and λαμπάδες πυρός (λαμπάς, “a torch”) is plural for וְלַפִּיד אֵשׁ.

Says At 15:18 ἐκεῖ (“there”) stands for בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, “on that day,” and διέθετο ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβρὰμ διαθήκην (διατίθημι, “to place separately, arrange, dispose”; διαθήκη, “covenant”) renders כָּרַת יְהוָה אֶת־אַבְרָם בְּרִית. In 15:19–21 eleven peoples are named for ten: καὶ τοὺς Εὐαίους is added, and the Kadmonites are τοὺς Κελμωναίους.

Says Codex Alexandrinus breaks off within 15:16 and resumes at 15:20; between, Swete cites only the Cotton Genesis.

Uncertain No lean is taken on the oven and the torches, on the four hundred years, or on the reach of the borders.