Ephesians 5:31 - "cleave to"

From: Eric Weiss (eweiss@gte.net)
Date: Wed Jul 29 1998 - 20:21:13 EDT


Why is PROSKOLLAW in the future passive - "will be joined to his wife" -
here in Ephesians 5:31, quoting from the Septuagint of Genesis 2:24,
when the Hebrew is active, i.e., "will cleave to"? This is a Septuagint
translation question rather than an Ephesians translation question. Is
this an instance of the Septuagint translators using a "divine passive"?
If so, are there frequent LXX instances of such?

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