Biblical Hebrew Forum

[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

Just to point out that said Cainan son of Arpachshad appears in LXX of 
Genesis 11:12-13 and in Luke 3:36. But he is omitted in 1 Chronicles 
1:24 - also omitted in LXX but this is the end of a longer omission of 
much of verses 17-24. Is there any DSS evidence for Genesis 11:12-13 
or 1 Chronicles 1:24? If not, I would suggest that he was omitted from 
Genesis by scribal error after the date of Jubilees, LXX etc, and that 
Chronicles was corrected to harmonise. Or are there any better 
suggestions?

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Re: SV: historiography (Jonathan: was Solomon)
Author:  <mc2499 AT mclink.it> at Internet
Date:    05/01/2000 01:31

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Another item of note is the son of Arpachshad in Jubilees is one Cainan, 
who, unlike Genesis, is the father of Shelah and thus an ancestor of the 
Hebrews. This fellow was responsible for the spreading of astrological 
knowledge and is therefore condemned. Now while I could imagine Genesis 
omitting this character, I can see no reason to spontaneously insert it, so 
I must conclude that it was likely part of the earlier tradition that was 
omitted by the "epitomising" Genesis.

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