LXX Gen 8:13–22: the exit, the offering, and the seasons

Says At 8:13 Swete dates the drying ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νῶε, and its second clause has ἐξέλειπεν τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς where the MT has חָרְבוּ פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה (kharevu pene ha'adamah). Swete records καὶ ἴδεν ὅτι ἐξέ- written over an erasure by the first corrector (A1, Swete’s numbering) of Alexandrinus. At 8:14 ἑβδόμῃ καὶ εἰκάδι agrees with the MT’s twenty-seventh day.

Says 8:15 has Κύριος ὁ θεός for אֱלֹהִים, 8:20 τῷ θεῷ for לַיהוָה, and 8:21 Κύριος ὁ θεός twice for יְהוָה.

Says At 8:18 Swete names the wife before the sons. Alexandrinus as first written lacks καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ and μετ’ αὐτοῦ, which a corrector supplies in the margin.

Says 8:20 has ὁλοκάρπωσιν for עֹלֹת. 8:21 has ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας (osmēn euōdias, “a smell of fragrance”) for רֵיחַ הַנִּיחֹחַ (reakh hannikhoakh), διανοηθείς for אֶל־לִבּוֹ (el-libbo), διὰ τὰ ἔργα τῶν ἀνθρώπων for בַּעֲבוּר הָאָדָם, and ἐπιμελῶς ἐπὶ τὰ πονηρά, “intently on evil things”, for רַע (ra').

Says 8:22 has θέρος καὶ ἔαρ, “summer and spring”, for וְקַיִץ וָחֹרֶף (veqayits vakhoref, “summer and winter”), and οὐ καταπαύσουσιν for לֹא יִשְׁבֹּתוּ.