Genesis 45

οὐκ ἠδύνατο … ἀνέχεσθαι πάντων τῶν παρεστηκότων αὐτῷ, "was not able to bear with all those standing by him," where the Masoretic version reads "to hold himself in before all those stationed by him": in the Greek it is their presence he cannot bear. ἀλλ᾽ εἶπεν, "but he said," for "and he called"; Ἐξαποστείλατε πάντας, "Send out all," for "Bring out every man." The Greek adds ἔτι, "still" (seeded, marked), and names Joseph, οὐ παριστήκει οὐδεὶς … τῷ Ἰωσήφ, "no one was standing by Joseph," where the Masoretic version reads "no man stood with him." ἀνεγνωρίζετο, "was making himself recognized," an imperfect, for "made himself known." Swete's παριστήκει and second Ἰωσήφ are spellings and placings of Rahlfs' text, not a different sense.

ἀφῆκεν φωνὴν μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ, "he let go his voice with weeping," for "he gave his voice in weeping." The Greek adds πάντες, "all" (seeded, marked), and has οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι, "the Egyptians," for "Egypt." For "and the house of Pharaoh heard" it has ἀκουστὸν ἐγένετο εἰς τὸν οἶκον Φαραώ, "it came to be audible into the house of Pharaoh."

Swete prints, from Alexandrinus, Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν, ὃν ἀπέδοσθε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, "I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold to Egypt," where Rahlfs and the Masoretic version read "I am Joseph" alone; the added words are those of 45:4, which in Alexandrinus stands without the call to approach (see 45:4). The alignment cannot pair them, and they are marked as a plus. The Greek ends ἐταράχθησαν γάρ, "for they were troubled," without the Masoretic version's "before his face" (seeded, marked).

Swete's text (Alexandrinus) lacks the Masoretic version's "And Joseph said to his brothers, 'Approach me, please.' And they approached." and begins καὶ εἶπεν, "And he said"; Rahlfs has the call (ἐγγίσατε πρός με, καὶ ἤγγισαν). The printed edition was checked on the scan of Swete: the clause is not in his text. The alignment seeds only "please" (נָא) as a minus; the whole lack is marked at the start of the verse, its clause naming the Hebrew tokens 1–5 and 7–8 around the seeded "please" (WLC 6), a split range (153i). The Greek also lacks "me" after "sold" (אֹתִי; seeded, marked), which the Masoretic version's English does not print either.

νῦν οὖν, "Now then," for "And now"; μὴ λυπεῖσθε, "do not be grieved" (λυπέω), for "do not be pained"; μηδὲ σκληρὸν ὑμῖν φανήτω, "nor let it appear hard to you," for "and let it not flare in your eyes." εἰς γὰρ ζωήν, "for life," where the Masoretic version reads "for keeping alive" (מִחְיָה); ἔμπροσθεν ὑμῶν, "before you," for "before your face."

τοῦτο γὰρ δεύτερον ἔτος, "For this is the second year," for "For these two years." The Greek has ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, "on the land," without "the inward part of" (בְּקֶרֶב), which the alignment does not seed; the lack is marked. It adds λοιπά, "remaining," to the "still" of the Masoretic version, which the alignment does not seed; it is marked as a plus. οὐκ ἔσται, "there will be no," a future, for "there is no"; οὐδέ, "nor," for "and." ἄμητος, the mowing of the grain, for "harvest."

ἀπέστειλεν γάρ, "For … sent," for "And … sent." ὑπολείπεσθαι ὑμῶν κατάλειμμα, "to reserve a remnant of you," for "to put for you a remnant": ὑπολείπω is the verb of Rom 11:3–5, "I alone am reserved … a remnant (λεῖμμα) has come to be." ἐκθρέψαι ὑμῶν κατάλειψιν μεγάλην, "to nourish a great residue of you," for "to keep alive for you, for a great escape" (פְּלֵיטָה): the Greek has three words of leaving, ὑπολείπω, κατάλειμμα, κατάλειψις, where the Hebrew has "remnant" and "escape."

νῦν οὖν, "Now then"; ἀπεστάλκατε, "have sent," a perfect; ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ὁ θεός, "but rather God." ἐποίησέν με ὡς πατέρα Φαραώ, "he made me as a father to Pharaoh," for "he put me for a father to Pharaoh"; ἄρχοντα πάσης γῆς Αἰγύπτου, "ruler of all the land of Egypt," the noun ἄρχων (42:6), for the participle "ruling in all the land of Egypt."

σπεύσαντες οὖν, "Having hurried, then," for "Hurry and." Ἐποίησέν με ὁ θεὸς κύριον, "God has made me lord," for "has put me for lord"; the Greek adds γῆς, "the land of" (seeded, marked), as at 45:8. κατάβηθι οὖν, "go down, then"; μὴ μείνῃς, "do not remain," for "do not stand."

ἐν γῇ Γέσεμ Ἀραβίας, "in the land of Goshen of Arabia": Γέσεμ is the Greek spelling of Goshen (145f; names table), and Ἀραβίας, "of Arabia," is the Greek's own addition, which the alignment does not seed; it is marked as a plus. The Greek places Goshen in Arabia, the land east of the Nile Delta, as it names the region again at 46:34. Swete ends ὅσα σοὶ ἐκεῖ, "as many things as are yours there," where Rahlfs reads ἐστιν; Swete's ἐκεῖ, "there," is marked as a plus. The alignment seeds a minus of "and all" (וְכָל) after "your cows"; it is refused, as καὶ ὅσα, "and as many things as," renders the Masoretic version's "and all that." αἱ βόες, feminine, "your cows" (152b), for "your herd"; τὰ πρόβατα, "your sheep," for "your flock."

ἐκθρέψω, "I will nourish," for "I will provide for" (כִּלְכֵּל); ἵνα μὴ ἐκτριβῇς, "lest you be rubbed out" (ἐκτρίβω, 19:13), for "lest you be dispossessed"; οἱ υἱοί σου, "your sons," for "your house"; πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντά σου, "all your belongings," for "all that is yours."

βλέπουσιν, "are looking," βλέπω, first fixed here, for "are seeing"; ἰδού stands without the Masoretic version's "And." τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου follows the name: "Benjamin my brother," for "my brother Benjamin." Swete's Βενιαμείν is Rahlfs' Βενιαμιν.

The Greek article τήν, "that is" (seeded, marked), sets the glory in Egypt apart (142a). The alignment seeds a minus of "and all" (וְאֵת כָּל) after "Egypt"; it is refused, as καὶ ὅσα, "and as many things as," renders it. ἴδετε, "you saw," an aorist (Swete's spelling of εἴδετε), for "you have seen"; ταχύναντες, "having been quick" (ταχύνω, 18:7), for "hurry and"; ἀπαγγείλατε οὖν, "Report, then."

Swete prints, from Alexandrinus, ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, "he fell upon him," where Rahlfs reads ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, "he wept on him," and the Masoretic version "and wept": in this text Joseph falls on Benjamin twice and his weeping is not told, and Benjamin alone weeps. The reading was checked on the scan of Swete, which prints ἐπέπεσεν ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ. The words ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ, "upon him," are seeded and marked. ἐπιπεσών, "having fallen upon," a participle, for "he fell on … and."

καταφιλήσας, "having kissed warmly" (καταφιλέω, Luke 15:20), for "he kissed … and"; μετὰ ταῦτα, "after these things," for "after that."

γεμίσατε τὰ πόρια ὑμῶν, "load your conveyances," where the Masoretic version reads "lade your cattle" (בְּעִירְכֶם, 135); Swete prints πόρια, the beasts or carriages of a journey (πορεῖον), where Rahlfs reads φορεῖα, "litters." The Greek has one verb, ἀπέλθατε, "go away," for the Masoretic version's "go, come" (the second seeded as a minus and marked).

παραλαβόντες, "having taken along," for "take"; τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ὑμῶν, "your belongings," for "your houses"; ἥκετε, "arrive." δώσω ὑμῖν πάντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν Αἰγύπτου, "I will give you of all the good things of Egypt," a future and a partitive plural, for "let me give you the good of the land of Egypt": the Greek lacks "land" (seeded, marked) and adds πάντων, "all," which the alignment does not seed; it is marked as a plus. φάγεσθε, "you shall eat," for "eat"; τὸν μυελόν, "the marrow," for "the fat" (Heb 4:12, joints and marrow).

σὺ δὲ ἔντειλαι ταῦτα, "But you, command these things," an imperative, where the Masoretic version reads "And you, you are commanded: 'This'"; the Greek lacks "do" (seeded, marked). λαβεῖν αὐτοῖς ἁμάξας, "to take for them wagons," an infinitive of what Joseph is to command, for "take for yourselves … wagons." ἀναλαβόντες, "having taken up," for "lift"; παραγίνεσθε, "come up," for "come."

μὴ φείσησθε τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ὑμῶν τῶν σκευῶν, "do not spare with your eyes your vessels," for "your eye, let it not spare your articles"; Swete places ὑμῶν after "eyes," Rahlfs after "vessels." τὰ γὰρ πάντα ἀγαθὰ Αἰγύπτου ὑμῖν ἔσται, "for all the good things of Egypt will be yours," where the Masoretic version reads "the good of all the land of Egypt, it is yours"; the Greek lacks "land" (seeded, marked).

κατὰ τὰ εἰρημένα ὑπὸ Φαραώ, "according to the things said by Pharaoh," for "according to the mouth of Pharaoh"; the Greek adds τοῦ βασιλέως, "the king" (seeded, marked).

The Greek lacks "to each man" (לָאִישׁ; seeded, marked). δισσὰς στολάς, "twofold robes," two apiece, for "changes of cloaks"; τριακοσίους χρυσοῦς, "three hundred of gold," gold pieces, where the Masoretic version reads "three hundred of silver"; πέντε ἀλλασσούσας στολάς, "five changing robes," robes to change into, for "five changes of cloaks." Swete's ἀλλασσούσας is the simple verb where Rahlfs has ἐξαλλασσούσας, and καὶ τῷ Βενιαμείν, "and to Benjamin," where Rahlfs has τῷ δὲ Βενιαμιν; the sense is one.

κατὰ τὰ αὐτά, "according to the same things," for "like this." The Greek adds πάντων, "all" (seeded, marked), and for "corn and bread and nourishment" has ἄρτους, "loaves" (147f) alone; the lack of the other two is seeded and marked. ἡμιόνους, "mules," a different animal from the Masoretic version's "she-donkeys" (אֲתֹנֹת), marked.

Μὴ ὀργίζεσθε, "Do not be angry" (ὀργίζω, 152a), where the Masoretic version reads "Do not be stirred up" (רָגַז): the Greek names the brothers' anger with one another on the road.

The Greek introduces the report with ὅτι, which opens direct speech and is left unrendered (153e), so its seed is refused; it has Ὁ υἱός σου Ἰωσὴφ ζῇ, "Your son Joseph lives" (seeded, marked), without the Masoretic version's "still" (seeded, marked). καὶ οὗτος ἄρχει, "and this one rules," for "and indeed he is ruling in," without "indeed" (כִּי). For "his heart grew numb" the Greek has ἐξέστη ἡ διάνοια Ἰακώβ, "the understanding of Jacob was beside itself" (ἐξίστημι, Mark 3:21; διάνοια, 144c).

πάντα τὰ ῥηθέντα ὑπὸ Ἰωσὴφ ὅσα εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, "all the things said by Joseph, as many as he said to them," for "all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them." ἰδὼν δὲ, "now, having seen," a participle whose subject the sentence leaves for "the spirit": the Greek is printed as it runs. ὥστε ἀναλαβεῖν αὐτόν, "so as to take him up" (ἀναλαμβάνω), for "to lift him." ἀνεζωπύρησεν τὸ πνεῦμα, "the spirit … rekindled," where the Masoretic version reads "lived" (וַתְּחִי): the Greek verb is the blowing of a fire back to life, as 2 Tim 1:6 "rekindle the gift of God."

Μέγα μοί ἐστιν, "Great it is to me," where the Masoretic version reads "Enough!" (רַב); μοί ἐστιν, "it is to me," is seeded and marked. εἰ ἔτι … ζῇ, "if still … lives," a condition for "Still Joseph my son is living"; πορευθεὶς ὄψομαι, "having gone, I will see," for "Let me go and see." Swete's order ὁ υἱός μου Ἰωσήφ is Rahlfs' Ἰωσὴφ ὁ υἱός μου.