Textual variants in the Book of Genesis concerns textual variants in the Hebrew Bible found in the Book of Genesis.
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This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and Latin (Vulgate) texts are written left to right, and not romanised. Sometimes additional translation or interpretation notes are added, with references to similar verses elsewhere, or in-depth articles on the topic in question.
=== Genesis 1 ===
Genesis 1:2, see also – MT (4QGen) SP – LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 1:7 – MT 4QGen 4QGen SP Damascus Pent. Codex – Vg omitted – LXX ABP
Genesis 1:9 – MT 4QGen Damascus Pent. Codex SP.. – 4QGen. – LXX ABP.
Genesis 1:9 – LXX ABP. Compare Book of Jubilees 2:6. omitted – 4QGen MT SP Damascus Pent. Codex Vg
Genesis 1:14 — MT — SP
Genesis 2 Genesis 2:2 — MT — SP — LXX
Genesis 2:4 – MT – LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 2:4 – MT – SP – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 2:7, see also Soul in the Bible § Genesis 2:7 – MT SP. There is a word play between ("man", "human", later usually simply translated as the personal name "Adam") and . – LXX – ABP – Vg
Genesis 2:8, see also Garden of Eden
– LXX – ABP – Vg
Genesis 2:17, see also tree of the knowledge of good and evil – WLC – LXX – ABP – Vg
Genesis 2:18, see also Eve – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 4 Genesis 4:8 — MT — SP — LXX
Genesis 4:12, see also Curse and mark of Cain – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg Compare Genesis 4:14
Genesis 4:13 – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 4:14 – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg Compare Genesis 4:12
Genesis 4:15 – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 4:16, see also Land of Nod – WLC can mean both "east" or "over against" or "in front of". – LXX LXX – ABP – Vg
Genesis 4:20 – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 5 Genesis 5:1, see also Generations of Adam – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 6 Genesis 6:3 — MT, SP — LXX — 4Q252
Genesis 6:6, see also Genesis flood narrative – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 6:6 – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg
Genesis 6:14, see also Noah's Ark – WLC – LXX LXX ABP – Vg In other contexts, each of the Hebrew, Greek and Latin words are used to describe a (wooden) box, basket or chest for storage. The traditionally used English word ark derives from the Latin word arca (from the verb arceō, "to keep off/away/close"), which outside of the Bible never refers to any kind of ship, but always a relatively small object for keeping items. The same nouns are used for the Ark of the Covenant. The Hebrew noun H1613 gopher is a hapax legomenon.
Genesis 7 Genesis 7:9 — MT — SP
Genesis 34
Genesis 34:2 – WLC – A LXX – Brenton ABP – Vg
Genesis 34:3 (twice) [H5288] – MT [H5291] – SP – LXX Brenton ABP omitted – Vg
Genesis 34:3 [H5921] – MT [H413] – SP – LXX Brenton ABP omitted – Vg
Genesis 34:7, see also Rape in the Hebrew Bible § Genesis 34 § Historical-ethical analysis – WLC LXX Brenton ABP – Vg
Genesis 34:9 – WLC – LXX Brenton ABP – Vg
Genesis 34:14 – WLC – LXX – Brenton ABP omitted – Vg
See also List of Hebrew Bible manuscripts
References
Bibliography
(E-book edition)
Emanuel Tov, The Text-Critical Use of the Septuagint in Biblical Research (TCU), 1981 (1st edition), 1997 (2nd edition), 2015 (3rd edition). Emanuel Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible (TCHB), 1992 (1st edition), 2001 (2nd edition), 2012 (3rd edition). Emanuel Tov, Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible, Qumran, Septuagint: Collected Writings, Volume 3 (2015).
External links Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues – Introduction to online biblical textual studies