language · Gen 5:1–32 · ✓ Approved

LXX Gen 5: the book of origin, the ages, and no Swete 5:32

Says Swete 5:1 opens Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων for סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם (sefer toledot adam); βίβλος (biblos) is “a book, a roll”, and γένεσις (genesis) “origin, lineage”. At 5:1 κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ stands for בִּדְמוּת אֱלֹהִים, in the likeness of God. At 5:3 Adam fathers a son κατὰ τὴν εἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ for בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ; εἰδέα (eidea) is “appearance, look”, and εἰκών (eikōn) “an image, likeness”.

Implies 5:1–2 repeat κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ and ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ from Swete 1:27, so the list opens by recalling the making of humankind.

Says Swete’s begetting ages are 100 years above the MT for Adam (230), Seth (205), Enosh (190), Kenan (170), Mahalalel (165), and Enoch (165), and the remaining years are 100 lower, so the totals agree. Jared (162) and Methuselah (187) match the MT. Lamech fathers Noah at 188 (MT 182), lives 565 more years (MT 595), and dies at 753 (MT 777).

Says At 5:25 Swete prints ἑκατὸν καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ἑπτά; the apparatus records ὀγδο- over an erasure in Alexandrinus, where the first hand apparently had ἑξη- (“sixty”).

Says Swete has no 5:32: Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων… is printed as the first sentence of Swete 6:1. Καινάν at 5:9–14 is Kenan son of Enosh; Swete’s Genesis 5 has no second Cainan.

Uncertain No lean is taken among the MT, Samaritan, and Greek numbers, on the long lifespans, or on possible gaps; see the textual note on the chronology of Genesis 5.

Claims

SaysSwete 5:1 has Αὕτη ἡ βίβλος γενέσεως ἀνθρώπων for סֵפֶר תּוֹלְדֹת אָדָם, and 5:3 has κατὰ τὴν εἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ for בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ.
Implies5:1–2 repeat κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ and ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ from Swete 1:27, so the list opens by recalling the making of humankind.
SaysSwete’s begetting ages are 100 years above the MT for Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, and Enoch, with remaining years 100 lower and the same totals; Jared and Methuselah match the MT; Lamech has 188, 565, and 753 (MT 182, 595, 777).
SaysAt 5:25 Swete prints ἑκατὸν καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα ἑπτά, and the apparatus records ὀγδο- over an erasure in Alexandrinus, where the first hand apparently had ἑξη-.
SaysSwete has no 5:32; ENG 5:32 is printed as the first sentence of Swete 6:1. Καινάν at 5:9–14 is Kenan son of Enosh, and Swete’s Genesis 5 has no second Cainan.
UncertainNo lean is taken among the MT, Samaritan, and Greek numbers, on the long lifespans, or on possible gaps.

Citations

LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 5:1–7, vol. 1, p. 7 (oldtestamentingr01swetuoft, viewer leaf n38); Gen 5:7–27, p. 8 (viewer leaf n39); Gen 5:27–31 and 6:1, p. 9 (viewer leaf n40); Gen 1:27, p. 2 (viewer leaf n33); text and apparatus; read on the page images
OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 5:1–32 (WLC/OSHB)
Abbott-Smith public domain s.vv. βίβλος (a book, a roll; LXX for סֵפֶר), γένεσις (origin, lineage; βίβλος γενέσεως as in Gen 5:1), εἰδέα (appearance, look; LXX Gen 5:3 for בִּדְמוּתוֹ), εἰκών (an image, likeness); paraphrased

Sources LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 OSHB CC BY 4.0 Abbott-Smith public domain Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0

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