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["Tony Costa" <tmcos AT rogers.com>]

Dear Friends, I was puzzled when I came across Exod.6:20 (LXX) in which Amram 
is said to take Jochebed as his wife who is described as the daughter of his 
father, and hence, his cousin. However, the MT has Amram taking Jochebed who 
is the sister of his father, making her his aunt! This may be a question 
outside the domain of b-hebrew but I was wondering why the differences 
between these two texts. Is the LXX the original reading or is it attempting 
to soften the MT? Many thanks.

Tony Costa
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Hi b-hebrew,

    A friend is looking for a an inexpensive print edition of the -

   Ben Chayyim..  (Ben Hayyim)  Masoretic Text

not anything in the later Kittel's BHS - Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia - 
family.

   Any suggestions?  Looking for used books is usually fairly easy on the 
Net, but
of cause as an unusual Hebrew manuscript this is a little trickier.  Any help 
appreciated.

   Thanks.  Feel free to reply onlist or off, as appropriate.

Shalom,
Steven Avery
Queens, NY

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