Exodus 3:7
Hebrew Bible
6 He added, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. 7 The Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. 8 I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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1 Samuel 9:16
Hebrew Bible
15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told Samuel: 16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me.” 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, “Here is the man that I told you about. He will rule over my people.”
Date: 6th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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LXX 1 Samuel 9:16
Septuagint
15 And the Lord revealed Samuel’s ear, one day before Saul came to him, saying, 16 “About this time tomorrow, I will send to you a man from Benjamin. You will anoint him as ruler over my people Israel, and he will save my people from the hand of foreigners; for I looked upon the humiliation of my people because their cry came to me.” 17 Samuel saw Saul, and the Lord spoke to him, “Here is the man whom I spoke to you. This man will rule among my people.”
Date: 1st Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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"... In 1 Samuel 9:16, the Masoretic text offers (“I have seen my people”) whereas the Septuagint presupposes “I have looked upon the humiliation of my people” which is offered also in Exodus 3:7. In the Targum, we find a similar addition. The translator of the Septuagint of 1 Samuel 9:16 had a source text which made an intertextual link to Exodus 3:7 but he did not imitate this intertextuality by choosing the translation of Exodus for his own rendering ..."
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