Genesis 13 — Hebrew and Greek compared
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Disparate in this chapter: 13:12
Each verse is rendered independently from the Hebrew (Rabbinic reading tradition) and from the Greek (Saints reading tradition). The badge classifies the relationship between the two readings; the note beneath records the source document’s comparison and attributed interpretation. Each column retains its own verse references where numbering differs.
The Negev Wilderness
13:1 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:1 Abram went up from Egypt toward the Negev, with his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him.
Greek · Saints priority
13:1 Abram went up from Egypt into the wilderness, with his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him.
H names the Negev or south; G names the wilderness. The distinct geographical wording is retained.
13:2 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
Greek · Saints priority
13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
H's heavy idiom and G rich describe the same wealth.
13:3 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:3 He went by stages from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at first, between Bethel and Ai,
Greek · Saints priority
13:3 He went from where he had come, into the wilderness as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai,
G's return-route wording and wilderness differ from H's stages from the Negev.
13:4 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:4 to the place of the altar he had made there at first. There Abram called on the name of YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
13:4 to the place of the altar where he had made a beginning. There Abram called on the name of the Lord.
G's relative clause speaks of making a beginning at the altar's place; H speaks of making the altar at first.
Lot Chooses Sodom
13:5 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:5 Lot, who traveled with Abram, also had flocks, cattle, and tents.
Greek · Saints priority
13:5 Lot, who traveled with Abram, had sheep, cattle, and tents.
The household resources correspond, with G's more specific sheep.
13:6 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:6 The land could not support them living together, for their possessions were great, and they could not live together.
Greek · Saints priority
13:6 The land could not accommodate them living together, for their possessions were many, and they could not live together.
Support and accommodate express the same practical difficulty without requiring mutually exclusive causes.
13:7 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:7 There was strife between the herders of Abram's livestock and the herders of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and Perizzites then inhabited the land.
Greek · Saints priority
13:7 There was a quarrel between the herders of Abram's livestock and the herders of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and Perizzites then inhabited the land.
The dispute and other inhabitants agree.
13:8 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:8 Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between me and you or between my herders and your herders, for we are brothers.
Greek · Saints priority
13:8 Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no quarrel between me and you or between my herders and your herders, for we are brothers.
Brothers expresses kinship, not a correction of the uncle-nephew relationship. H includes a polite appeal.
13:9 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you go left, I will go right; if you go right, I will go left.”
Greek · Saints priority
13:9 Is not the whole land before you? Separate from me. If you go left, I will go right; if you go right, I will go left.”
The offered choice agrees; H includes a polite appeal.
13:10 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:10 Lot raised his eyes and saw the whole region of the Jordan, that it was all well watered—before YHWH destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah—like the garden of YHWH, like the land of Egypt as one goes toward Zoar.
Greek · Saints priority
13:10 Lot raised his eyes and saw the whole surrounding region of the Jordan, that it was all well watered—before God overturned Sodom and Gomorrah—like the paradise of God, like the land of Egypt as far as Zoar.
H has YHWH and garden; G has God and paradise. Both compare the watered region with a divine garden and Egypt; no separate doctrine of prehistoric perfection is stated.
13:11 Similar
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and journeyed from the east. They separated from one another.
Greek · Saints priority
13:11 Lot chose for himself the whole surrounding region of the Jordan and departed from the east. They separated from one another.
The choices and separation correspond. H's east expression can also be understood directionally as eastward; G explicitly says from the east.
13:12 Disparate
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan. Lot settled in the cities of the region and pitched his tents as far as Sodom.
Greek · Saints priority
13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan. Lot settled in a city of the surrounding region and encamped in Sodom.
H has plural cities and tents extending as far as Sodom; G has a singular city and encampment in Sodom, changing the settlement description.
13:13 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:13 The men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
13:13 The men in Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful before God.
H names YHWH; G names God and expresses the relation with before.
Abram’s Land Promise
13:14 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:14 After Lot had separated from him, YHWH said to Abram, “Raise your eyes and look from the place where you are: northward, southward, eastward, and westward.
Greek · Saints priority
13:14 After Lot had separated from him, God said to Abram, “Raise your eyes and look from the place where you now are: toward the north, the south, the east, and the sea.
The four directions correspond in context; G names God where H names YHWH.
13:15 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:15 For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
Greek · Saints priority
13:15 For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
The land promise and its continuing duration correspond.
13:16 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can count the dust of the earth, your offspring too may be counted.
Greek · Saints priority
13:16 I will make your offspring like the sand of the earth. If anyone can count the sand of the earth, your offspring too will be counted.
Dust and sand give different images of innumerable descendants; both serve the same promise.
13:17 Same
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:17 Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
Greek · Saints priority
13:17 Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
The command and promise agree.
13:18 Different
Hebrew · Rabbinic priority
13:18 Abram moved his tent, came, and settled by the oaks of Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar to YHWH.
Greek · Saints priority
13:18 Abram moved his tent, came, and settled beside the oak of Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.
H has plural oaks; G has a singular oak. The location and altar agree.
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