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LXX 1 Chronicles

Septuagint

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Chapter 1

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah: the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth, Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Elishah, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 And the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, the Kittim, and Rhodians. 8 And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 9 And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabteca: and the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan. 10 And Cush fathered Nimrod:⁠ he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth. 11  12  13  14  15  16  17 The sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad. 18  19  20  21  22  23  24 Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abraham. 28 And the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael. 29 And these are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Teman, 31 Jetur, Naphish, Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael. 32 And the sons of Keturah Abraham's concubine: and she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan; 33 and the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldaah; all these were the sons of Keturah. 34 And Abraham fathered Isaac: and the sons of Isaac were Esau, and Jacob. 35 The sons of Esau, Eliphaz, and Reuel, and Jeul, and Jalam, and Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zophar, and Gatam, and Kenaz, and of Timna, Amalek. 37 And the sons of Reuel, Nahath, Zerah, Some, and Mizzah. 38 The sons of Seir, Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 And the sons of Lotan, Hori, and Hemam, and Aelath, and Timna. 40 The sons of Shobal; Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam: and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 41 The sons of Anah, Dishon: and the sons of Dishon; Hamran, and Heshbon, and Ithran, and Haran. 42 And the sons of Ezer, Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Jaakan: the sons of Dishan, Uz, and Aran. 43 And these are their kings, Balak the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44 And Balak died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 45 And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 46 And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bered reigned in his place, who struck Midian in the plain of Moab: and the name of his city was Gittaim. 47 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place. 49 And Saul died, and Baal Hanan son of Achbor reigned in his place. 50 And Baal Hanan son of Achbor died, and Hadad son of Bered reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Peor. 51 And Hadad died: and the princes of Edom were: prince Timna, prince Alvah, prince Jetheth, 52 prince Oholibamah, prince Elah, prince Pinon, 53 prince Kenaz, prince Teman, prince Mibzar, 54 prince Magdiel, prince Iram. These are the princes of Edom.

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Compare 1 Chronicles 1:11 and LXX 1 Chronicles 1:17

Hebrew Bible · Septuagint

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Summary

The Hebrew version of 1 Chronicles lists the descendants of Egypt and Canaan, among them the ancestors of the Philistines. The Greek Septuagint translation drops the entire list of nations and goes straight from Nimrod to the sons of Shem.

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1 Chronicles 1:11

Hebrew Bible
10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. 11 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended) , and the Caphtorites. 13 Canaan was the father of Sidon—his firstborn—and Heth, 14 as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. 17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
400–301 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Chronicles

LXX 1 Chronicles 1:17

Septuagint
10 And Cush fathered Nimrod: he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 The sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abraham. 28 And the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael. 29 And these are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX 1 Chronicles

References

... To be sure, there are some genuine text-critical issues in the formation of 1 Chronicles 1. Verses 11-16 (from ‘and Mizraim’ through to ‘the Hamathites’) are lacking in the Septuagint (Vaticanus) and cursives ghc2 and are sub asteriscus in the Syro-Hexaplar. In cursive i only verses 13-16 are missing. All of verses 11-23 are sub asteriscus in cursives en, although the text-critical significance of these variations is disputed. Verses 11-16 do appear in the Masoretic Text, the Septuagint (Alexandrinus and Sinaiticus) and the Armenian. The Septuagint (Vaticanus) has the lectio brevior but, by the same token, the want of this material in the Septuagint (Vaticanus) is puzzling, given (1) the heading in verse 4 (‘The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth’); (2) the heading in verse 8 (‘the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan’); and (3) the inclusion of Ham’s other descendants (verses 9-10). I am inclined to think that the material in question has been lost from the tradition underlying the Septuagint (Vaticanus), although there is no obvious mechanism for haplography. ...
Gary N. Knoppers, “Shem, Ham and Japheth: The Universal and the Particular in the Genealogy of Nations,” in The Chronicler as Theologian: Essays in Honor of Ralph W. Klein, ed. M. Patrick Graham, Steven L. McKenzie, and Gary N. Knoppers (London: T&T Clark International, 2003), 17–18.

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