Septuagint / LXX Genesis
Septuagint
Hebrew Bible
- LXX Genesis 2:2 - Genesis 2:2
- LXX Genesis 4:8 - Genesis 4:8
- LXX Genesis 4:26 - Genesis 4:26
- LXX Genesis 5:26 - Genesis 5:26
- LXX Genesis 6:4 - Genesis 6:4
- LXX Genesis 7:4 - Genesis 7:4
- LXX Genesis 7:11 - Genesis 7:11
- LXX Genesis 8:5 - Genesis 8:5
- LXX Genesis 11:10 - Genesis 11:10
- LXX Genesis 12:20 - Genesis 12:20
- LXX Genesis 13:12 - Genesis 13:12
- LXX Genesis 14:15 - Genesis 14:15
- LXX Genesis 15:11 - Genesis 15:11
- LXX Genesis 21:16 - Genesis 21:16
- LXX Genesis 22:3 - Genesis 22:3
- LXX Genesis 24:22 - Genesis 24:22
- LXX Genesis 33:18 - Genesis 33:18
- LXX Genesis 37:28 - Genesis 37:28
- LXX Genesis 46:27 - Genesis 46:27
Pseudepigrapha
Samaritan
New Testament
Rabbinic
Summary
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E.
The Septuagint translation of Genesis is widely assumed to be the first book to be translated into Greek. The translation contains many interesting linguistic and exegetical solutions to challenges and difficulties in the Hebrew, as the translator strives to create something for which there is no exact precedent. He produces a Greek which is sometimes elegant and idiomatic, sometimes apparently influenced by Hebrew expressions and syntax. His practice is not always consistent, which indicates, perhaps, feeling his way step by step.