There are a number of places where the Septuagint appears to have preserved a reading, perhaps only a phrase or a mere word, which has somehow dropped out of the Hebrew text. A fairly well-known example is in Genesis 4:8 where LXX adds: “And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain.” The words are important as indicating Cain’s deliberate intention to murder his brother.
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Author: Harry A. Whittaker
Keywords: Cain and Abel, Abel and Cain, Cain murders Abel
Bible reference(s): Genesis 4:8
Source: “Bible Studies,” 10.16.
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