, [], Andrew E. Steinmann,
Ashland University
Jacob's Family Goes to Egypt:
Varying Portraits of Unity and Disunity in the Textual Traditions of Exodus 1:1-5;
Several textual variants are present in the various witnesses to the text of Exod 1:1-5 (MT, SP, 4QExodb, LXX). Although at first glance most of these variants seem unrelated and unimportant, a close reading of the text suggests that they are neither. One stream of tradition (MT, SP) contains variants that, taken together, stress the fractured nature of Jacob's family. Another stream of tradition (4QExodb, LXX) seeks to downplay the family differences.
Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], [4]Al de zielen nu, die [5]uit Jakobs heup voortgekomen zijn, waren [6]zeventig zielen; doch [7]Jozef was in Egypte. 4. Hebreeuws, alle ziel; dat is, alle personen; zie Gen.12:5. 5. Zie Gen.46:26. 6. Zie Gen.46:27. 7. Jozef en zijn twee zonen waren wel uit Jakob voortgekomen, maar zij waren in Egypte eer Jakob daar kwam.