Genesis 13 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 13:12
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Genesis 13
The Negev Wilderness
Verse 13:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:1 Abram went up from Egypt toward the Negev, with his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:1 Abram went up from Egypt into the wilderness, with his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him.
Classification & Notes
[Different] H names the Negev or south; G names the wilderness. The distinct geographical wording is retained.
Verse 13:2 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:2 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
Classification & Notes
[Same] H's heavy idiom and G rich describe the same wealth.
Verse 13:3 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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,
Classification & Notes
[Different] G's return-route wording and wilderness differ from H's stages from the Negev.
Verse 13:4 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Different] 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
Verse 13:5 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:5 Lot, who traveled with Abram, also had flocks, cattle, and tents.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:5 Lot, who traveled with Abram, had sheep, cattle, and tents.
Classification & Notes
[Similar] The household resources correspond, with G's more specific sheep.
Verse 13:6 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:6 The land could not support them living together, for their possessions were great, and they could not live together.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:6 The land could not accommodate them living together, for their possessions were many, and they could not live together.
Classification & Notes
[Similar] Support and accommodate express the same practical difficulty without requiring mutually exclusive causes.
Verse 13:7 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Similar] The dispute and other inhabitants agree.
Verse 13:8 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Similar] Brothers expresses kinship, not a correction of the uncle-nephew relationship. H includes a polite appeal.
Verse 13:9 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.”
Classification & Notes
[Similar] The offered choice agrees; H includes a polite appeal.
Verse 13:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Different] 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.
Verse 13:11 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Similar] The choices and separation correspond. H's east expression can also be understood directionally as eastward; G explicitly says from the east.
Verse 13:12 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:12 Abram settled in the land of Canaan. Lot settled in a city of the surrounding region and encamped in Sodom.
Classification & Notes
[Disparate] H has plural cities and tents extending as far as Sodom; G has a singular city and encampment in Sodom, changing the settlement description.
Verse 13:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:13 The men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:13 The men in Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful before God.
Classification & Notes
[Different] H names YHWH; G names God and expresses the relation with before.
Abram’s Land Promise
Verse 13:14 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Different] The four directions correspond in context; G names God where H names YHWH.
Verse 13:15 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:15 For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:15 For all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
Classification & Notes
[Same] The land promise and its continuing duration correspond.
Verse 13:16 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Different] Dust and sand give different images of innumerable descendants; both serve the same promise.
Verse 13:17 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
13:17 Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
13:17 Arise, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
Classification & Notes
[Same] The command and promise agree.
Verse 13:18 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (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–English: Literal-Smooth (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.
Classification & Notes
[Different] H has plural oaks; G has a singular oak. The location and altar agree.