[B-Greek] ANA MESON in Genesis 1
Jerry Reimer
Jerry at lsm.org
Tue Jul 24 18:42:18 EDT 2007
Anthony,
As to the translation part of you question, Lancelot C.L. Brenton does translate the first appearance of this LXX prepositional phrase in Genesis 1:4 as "between" and at the second appearance in 1:4 he has a superscripted letter at the word "and" which refers to a footnote at the bottom of the page which reads "Gr. and between the darkness". In Genesis 1:6 Brenton has "between". Someone else can comment on the not uncommon preposition redundancy (in the compound for separated or divided and ana meson).
Jerry Reimer
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From: Anthony [mailto:anthony.rimell at orcon.net.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 3:22 PM
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Subject: [B-Greek] ANA MESON in Genesis 1
Hi all.
In keeping with a recent suggestion on the site, I've taken a break from
the NT, and am reading Genesis in the LXX.
I quickly hit something that I would be interested in hearing responses on.
Genesis 1:4 KAI DIEXWRISEN hO QEOS ANA MESON TOU FWTOS KAI ANA MESON TOU
SKOTOUS
Traditionally this is translated "God separated the light from the
darkness", which seems to ignore the ANA MESON. Now, I realise that most
tranlsations are of course based on the Hebrew, but even those that are
not seem to ignore that this phrase is used twice.
Even more pertinently, it appears again in verse 6.
Given that DIEXWRISEN refers to the subject "seprarating", or "dividing",
what is the purpose of ANA MESON? Especially as it is used twice. Can
someone give me some direction here?
Kind regards to all
Anthony Rimell
Auckland
New Zealand
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