Chronological timeline of texts tagged with Septuagint Deletions
About This Tag
The various Septuagint translators sometimes removed details from their translation that were present in their Hebrew source text, or possibly had access to a Hebrew source text that modern translators do not. These deletions could help clarify narratives, reinforce later theological themes, conform to later stylistic preferences, or reflect later interpretive traditions or contemporary beliefs. Such changes suggest that the translators were not only translating but also engaging in a form of interpretation and commentary, shaping the text to align with the cultural and religious context of their Greek speaking Jewish audience.
Note: Dates shown in this timeline are approximate and based on scholarly estimates.
Back to TagGenesis 22:2 / LXX Genesis 22:2
5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Genesis 22:2
Hebrew Bible
1 Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” Abraham replied. 2 God said, “Take your son—your only son, whom you love, Isaac—and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.” 3 Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.
3rd Century B.C.E.
LXX Genesis 22:2
Septuagint
1 And it came about after these matters that God tested Abraam and said to him, “Abraam, Abraam!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 And he said, “Take your beloved son Isaak, whom you love, and go into the high land, and offer him as a whole burnt offering on one of the mountains, whichever I mention to you.” 3 And when Abraam had risen in the morning, he saddled his donkey. Now he took along with himself two servants and his son Isaak, and after he had split wood for a whole burnt offering and risen, he went and came to the place that God had mentioned to him, on the third day.
5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Exodus 3:1
Hebrew Bible
1 Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. 2 The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked, and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed! 3 So Moses thought, “I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”
3rd Century B.C.E.
LXX Exodus 3:1
Septuagint
1 Now Moses was tending the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock into the wilderness area and came into the mountainous area of Horeb. 2 And an angel of the Lord appeared to him in flaming fire out of the bush, and he saw that the bush was aflame with fire, but the bush was not being consumed. 3 And Moses said, “When I pass close by, I will observe this great spectacle, that the bush does not burn up.”
5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Leviticus 11:15
Hebrew Bible
13 “‘These you are to detest from among the birds—they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, 14 the kite, the buzzard of any kind, 15 every kind of crow, 16 the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, 17 the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl,
3rd Century B.C.E.
LXX Leviticus 11:15
Septuagint
13 ‘And these are the animals that you will consider an abomination from the birds, and they will not be eaten; they are an abomination: the eagle and the griffin and the sea-eagle 14 and the vulture and the kite and the birds resembling it 15 and the sparrow and the owl and the seagull and the birds resembling it 16 and the hawk and the birds resembling it 17 and the horned owl and cormorant and the ibis
5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Numbers 16:24
Hebrew Bible
23 So the Lord spoke to Moses: 24 “Tell the community: ‘Get away from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’” 25 Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him.
3rd Century B.C.E.
LXX Numbers 16:24
Septuagint
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Instruct the congregation, saying, ‘Withdraw from around the gathering of Korah.’ ” 25 And Moses arose and proceeded to Dathan and Abiram, and all the elders of Israel came along with him.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Deuteronomy 8:2
Hebrew Bible
1 You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. 2 Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these 40 years through the wilderness so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not. 3 So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord’s mouth. 4 Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these 40 years.
3rd Century B.C.E.
LXX Deuteronomy 8:2
Septuagint
1 “‘All the commands that I commanded you today you shall be mindful to do, in order that you may live and become numerous and, entering in, take possession of the land that the Lord your God swore to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember all the way that the Lord your God led you in the wilderness that he might afflict you and test you and to discern in your heart whether you will keep his commands or not. 3 And he afflicted you and weakened you by hunger and fed you manna, which your fathers did not see, in order to declare to you that a man 1 shall not live on only bread, but a man shall live on every word going out through the mouth of God.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 2:15
Hebrew Bible
14 The men said to her, “If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then we will show unswerving allegiance to you when the Lord hands the land over to us.” 15 Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) 16 She told them, “Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don’t find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way.”
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 2:15
Septuagint
13 and spare my father’s house, my mother, my siblings, and all my house and everything that is with them, and rescue my soul from death. 14 And the men said to her, “Our life in return for yours, unto death.” And she said, “As the Lord should give the city over to you, show me compassion and truth.” 15 And she let them down through the window.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 4:5
Hebrew Bible
4 Joshua summoned the 12 men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe. 5 Joshua told them, “Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes. 6 The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, ‘Why are these stones important to you?’
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 4:5
Septuagint
4 And when Joshua had called twelve men of honor from the sons of Israel, one from each tribe, 5 he said to them, “Come in front of me before the face of the Lord, into the middle of the Jordan, and taking from there, each of you must pick up and carry a stone on his shoulders according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel, 6 so that this might be as a sign to you existing through all time, so that when your sons should ask you tomorrow, saying, ‘What is the significance of these stones for us?’
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 4:10
Hebrew Bible
9 Joshua also set up 12 stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day. 10 Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly, 11 and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 4:10
Septuagint
9 Joshua also set another twelve stones among them by the Jordan in the place by the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the stones are there until today. 10 The priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood in the Jordan until Joshua finished everything that the Lord had commanded him to announce to the people. And the people hurried and crossed over. 11 And it happened that as all the people finished crossing over, the ark of the covenant of the Lord crossed over and the stones were in front of them.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 5:11
Hebrew Bible
9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have taken away the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So that place is called Gilgal even to this day. 10 So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month in the rift valley plains of Jericho. 11 They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain. 12 The manna stopped appearing the day they ate some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. They ate from the produce of the land of Canaan that year.
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 5:11
Septuagint
9 And the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, “On this day I have removed the insult of Egypt from you.” And Joshua called the name of that place Gilgal. 10 And the sons of Israel performed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month from evening, from the sunset at Jericho in the area beyond the Jordan on the plain. 11 And they ate from the grain of the land, unleavened and fresh. 12 On this day the manna came to an end after they ate from the grain of the land, and manna was available no longer to the sons of Israel. They enjoyed the produce of the fleece of the Phoenicians in that year.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 6:6
Hebrew Bible
5 When you hear the signal from the rams’ horns, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse, and the warriors should charge straight ahead.” 6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.” 7 And he told the army, “Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord.”
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 6:6
Septuagint
5 And when they shout, the walls of the city will collapse spontaneously, and all the people will go in, rushing, each at the face into the city.” 6 And Joshua the son of Nun went in to the priests, 7 and he spoke to them, saying, “Order the people to go around and encircle the city, and the warriors must pass by armed before the Lord.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 8:12
Hebrew Bible
10 Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai. 11 All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. 12 He took 5,000 men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai. 13 The army was in position—the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley. 14 When the king of Ai and all his people saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the king and the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 8:12
Septuagint
10 And rising early in the morning, Joshua inspected the people, and they and the elders went up before the face of the people at Ai. 11 And all the military people with him went up, and as they went, they came from opposite of the city from the east. 12 And the ambush of the city was from the sea. 14 And it happened when the king of Ai saw this, he hurried and came out to meet them straight on into battle, he and all the people with him. And he did not know that there was an ambush for him behind the city. 15 And Joshua and Israel saw and retreated from their presence.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
Joshua 24:5
Hebrew Bible
4 and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. 5 I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out. 6 When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea.
2nd Century B.C.E.
LXX Joshua 24:5
Septuagint
4 and Isaac, Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau the mountain of Seir for him to inherit, and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt and became there as a great nation, many and strong, and the Egyptians afflicted them. 5 And he struck Egypt by what he did to them, and after this he brought 6 our fathers out from Egypt. And you went into the Red Sea, and the Egyptians closely pursued after our fathers in chariots and on horses into the Red Sea.
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
1 Samuel 4:1
Hebrew Bible
1 The word of Samuel was given to all Israel1. The Ark of the Covenant is Lost to the Philistines. Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about 4,000 men in the battle line in the field. 3 When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX 1 Samuel 4:1
Septuagint
1 And it happened in those days that foreigners assembled for battle against Israel, and Israel came out to meet them in battle, and they camped at Ebenezer, and the foreigners camped at Aphek. 2 And the foreigners lined up for battle against Israel, and the battle turned, and a man of Israel fell before the foreigners, and they struck down in battle in the field four thousand men. 3 And the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord allow us to be defeated today before the foreigners? We should bring the ark of our God from Shiloh and let him come from our midst, and he will deliver you from our enemies’ hand.”
6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition)
1 Samuel 17:41
Hebrew Bible
40 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine. 41 The Philistine, with his shield bearer walking in front of him, kept coming closer to David. 42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX 1 Samuel 17:41
Septuagint
40 And he took his staff in hand and chose five perfect stones for himself from the wadi and put them in the shepherd bag that was with him for storage. And with his sling in his hand, he approached the foreign man. 42 And Goliath saw David and had dishonored him because he was a boy and he was ruddy, with attractive eyes. 43 So the foreigner said to David, “Am I like a dog that you would come against me with a rod and stones?” But David answered, “No, rather, you are worse than a dog!” And the foreigner swore at David by his gods.
7th-5th Centuries B.C.E.
Isaiah 34:4
Hebrew Bible
3 Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood. 4 All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree. 5 He says, “Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Isaiah 34:4
Septuagint
3 Their wounded and their dead shall be cast out, and their stench shall rise; the mountains shall be drenched with their blood. 4 Heaven shall roll up like a scroll, and all the stars shall fall like leaves from a vine and as leaves fall from a fig tree. 5 My dagger has become drunk in heaven; lo, it will descend upon Idumea and upon the people of destruction with judgment.
7th-5th Centuries B.C.E.
Isaiah 51:9
Hebrew Bible
8 For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last.” 9 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity. Did you not smash Rahab?26 Did you not wound the sea monster? 10 Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over? 11 Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Isaiah 51:9
Septuagint
8 For just as a garment it will be devoured by time, and like wool it will be devoured by a moth, but my righteousness will be forever and my salvation for generations of generations. 9 Awake, awake, O Ierousalem; put on the strength of your arm! Awake, as at the beginning of a day, like a generation of long ago! Are you not 10 she who made desolate the sea, the water, the abundance of the deep, who made the depths of the sea a way of passage for those being delivered 11 and those who have been ransomed? For by the Lord they shall be returned and come to Sion with joy and everlasting gladness; for gladness and praise shall be upon their heads and joy shall take hold of them; pain and sorrow and sighing have fled away.
7th-5th Centuries B.C.E.
Isaiah 61:7
Hebrew Bible
6 You will be called, ‘the Lord’s priests, servants of our God.’ You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them. 7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy. 8 For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Isaiah 61:7
Septuagint
6 but you shall be called priests of the Lord, ministers of God; you shall devour the strength of nations, and with their wealth you shall be admired. 7 Thus they shall inherit the land a second time, and everlasting joy shall be above their head. 8 For I am the Lord, who loves righteousness and hates spoils obtained by injustice; I will give them their hard work righteously, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
6th Century B.C.E.
Ezekiel 6:8
Hebrew Bible
7 The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord. 8 “‘But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands. 9 Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart that turned from me and by their eyes that lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Ezekiel 6:8
Septuagint
7 and wounded men will fall in the middle of you, and you will acknowledge that I am the Lord. 8 When those of you who are rescued from the sword among the nations, and when you are scattered among the territories, 9 and those who are rescued among the nations where they were taken prisoner, they will remember me. I have sworn against their heart that goes whoring away from me and against their eyes that prostitute themselves after their practices, and they will strike their faces for all their abominations,
5th Century B.C.E.
Jeremiah 13:17
Hebrew Bible
16 Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile. 17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.” 18 The Lord told me: “Tell the king and the queen mother,‘Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Jeremiah 13:17
Septuagint
16 Give glory to the Lord your God before darkness comes, and before your feet stumble on dark mountains; and you will wait for daylight, and the shadow of death will be there, and they will be placed in darkness. 17 But if you do not hear, your soul will weep in secret on account of the face of insolence. And your eyes will bring down tears, for the flock of the Lord has been crushed. 18 Say to the king and to those who rule: “Be made low and sit down, because your crown of glory has been removed from your head.”
5th Century B.C.E.
Jeremiah 14:6
Hebrew Bible
5 Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass. 6 Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found.” 7 Then I said, “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Jeremiah 14:6
Septuagint
5 Even the does in the field gave birth, and they abandoned their young because there was no vegetation. 6 Wild asses stood by wooded valleys; they drew wind. Their eyes came to an end because there was no hay. 7 Our sins have stood against us, O Lord; act for us for your sake, because our sins before you are many, because we have sinned against you.
5th Century B.C.E.
Jeremiah 26:2
Hebrew Bible
1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah’s son, King Jehoiakim of Judah. 2 The Lord said, “Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord’s temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord’s temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word. 3 Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Jeremiah 33:2
Septuagint
1 At the beginning of King Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, this word came from the Lord: 2 This is what the Lord said: “Stand in the court of the house of the Lord and speak to all the Judeans and all who come to worship in the house of the Lord all the words that I commanded you to speak to them; do not hold back a word. 3 Perhaps they will hear and turn back, each from his evil way, and I will desist from the calamities that I am planning to do to them on account of their evil pursuits.
5th Century B.C.E.
Jeremiah 36:17
Hebrew Bible
16 When they had heard it all, they expressed their alarm to one another. Then they said to Baruch, “We must certainly give the king a report about everything you have read!” 17 Then they asked Baruch, “How did you come to write all these words? Do they actually come from Jeremiah’s mouth?” 18 Baruch answered, “Yes, they came from his own mouth. He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them down in ink on this scroll.”
1st Century B.C.E.
LXX Jeremiah 43:17
Septuagint
16 And this happened when they heard all the words: They each took counsel with his neighbor, and they said, “Reporting, we should report all these words to the king.” 17 And they asked Baruch, saying: “Where did you write all these words?” 18 And Baruch said, “Jeremiah declared all these words to me from his own mouth, and I was writing them in the document.”