[B-Greek] Coat of what?
mrt
mrt at hisurfer.net
Tue Jan 13 10:59:38 EST 2004
On 1/13/04 9:19 AM, "Bart Torbert" <Bart.Torbert at ihsenergy.com> wrote:
Hello all,
In Genesis 37:3 in the King James we get the notion that Joseph was given a
"coat of mnay colors". But other translations give all sorts of other
readings. We have a coat with long sleeves, there is a coat that reaches
to the soles of the feet,, etc.
How is this verse rendered in the LXX and what is the strictest sense of
the phrasing.
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Genesis 37:3 IAKWB DE HGAPA TON IWSHF PARA PANTAS TOUS hUIOUS AUTOU hOTI
hUIOS GHROUS HN AUTWi EPOIHSEN DE AUTWi CITWNA POIKILON
(translation)
Genesis 37:3 Now Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was
to him the son of old age; and he made for him a tunic of many colors.
CITWN - tunic = a garment worn next to the skin, an undergarment, and by
both sexes
POIKILON = many-colored. as embroidered robes. Also spoken of animals such
as spotted, mottled, pied, dappled, of leopards, fawns, etc.
here is an interlinear of LXX (PDF)
http://www.apostolicbible.com/apbib.htm
But for an excellent general purpose LXX site:
http://students.cua.edu/16kalvesmaki/lxx/
see "Texts and Translations"
Michael Tarver
Oregon, USA
<'\\>< laus Deo
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