[b-hebrew] Is "Huppim" in the Septuagint Version of Genesis 46: 21?
JimStinehart at aol.com
JimStinehart at aol.com
Mon Jan 28 10:18:28 EST 2008
I have received a partial answer to our question of whether or not the
Septuagint version of Genesis 46: 21 has “Huppim”.
A. Here is the partial answer I received, in its entirety, from a person who
knows the Septuagint very well:
“Dear Mr. Stinehart,
Thanks for your query. A thorough answer to this specific question would
require consultation with the Goettingen edition of the LXX. But the short
answer is this. The two English translations you point to are from Brenton,
who worked with only one or two manuscripts for his edition and translation.
The Greek text in the ellopos.net translation is based on Rahlfs and so
retains the "Huppim" (thus translation and text do not match). If you are
looking for a sound translation, I would stick with the NETS version, since
Brenton's translation is based on a single manuscript. Hope this helps,
jk
Joel Kalvesmaki
_www.kalvesmaki.com_ (http://www.kalvesmaki.com/) ”
B. Here are my own comments.
1. Call me naïve if you will, but I am shocked that on the Internet, in what
appear to be side by side Greek text and English translation of the
Septuagint, what you are sometimes getting, instead, is a Greek text, and then an
English translation of a different Greek text. So in the Greek text on the
Internet, even I could see “Huppim”, yet in the side-by-side English translation,
there is no “Huppim”.
Apparently some Septuagint versions of Genesis 46: 21 have “Huppim” and some
do not. All the more reason to suspect that the Septuagint version of
chapter 46 of Genesis is not entirely reliable.
2. The NETS translation, which supposedly is the best English translation of
the Septuagint, is at:
_http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/01-gen-nets.pdf_ (http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/01-gen-nets.pdf)
The NETS translation of Genesis 46: 21 has “Huppim”, but nevertheless says
that Rachel had 18 descendants. But with “Huppim” in there, there clearly are
19 descendants of Rachel listed in the text, by my count. I see no basis in
the Septuagint for not counting Arad, who is listed as the last-named
descendant of Benjamin. So something is askew at Genesis 46: 21 for at least some
versions of the Septuagint.
Jim Stinehart
Evanston, Illinois
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