Genesis 1: Greek and Samaritan differences

Editorial decision: print the MT at each place below; the alternative is the Greek wording. No Hebrew original is reconstructed. Greek from Swete (vol. 1, pp. 1–3; apparatus unaccented, as printed); Samaritan from von Gall.

Implies 1:6–8. The Greek has καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως at the end of 1:6, after the command, as the MT places it on other days; the MT has וַיְהִי־כֵן at the end of 1:7. The Greek adds καὶ ἴδεν ὁ θεὸς ὅτι καλόν at 1:8, as on the other days. Both are explainable from context. Swete prints no entry on either (at 1:6–7, only an erasure in A), and the Samaritan agrees with the MT at both.

Says 1:9: the MT "place," with the Samaritan, is printed; a Qumran Genesis fragment and the Greek read "gathering"; see var.Gen.1.9.waters-gathered.

Says 1:14 adds εἰς φαῦσιν τῆς γῆς (E ωστε φαινειν επι), which the Samaritan also has in the words of 1:15 (לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ), and καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτὸς (E omits). 1:20 adds καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. 1:27 has only κατ’ εἰκόνα θεοῦ for בְּצַלְמוֹ בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים. 1:28 renders וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים by λέγων and adds καὶ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ πάσης τῆς γῆς (E omits part).

Uncertain Whether the 1:14–28 differences reflect other Hebrew wording or Greek leveling.

Box: E has 1:10 συστηματα, 1:11 εις ομ. κατα γενος, and omits at 1:24 και θηρια, 1:25 και τα κτηνη κατα γ., 1:31 τα; 1:29 D παντα. Brackets in 1:20–25 and 1:29–31 mark text lost in A.