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4Q8b Genesis Paraphrase

Language: Hebrew

Date: Before 68 A.D.

Location: Qumran Cave 4

Contents: Genesis 12:4-5

 

Genesis 12

4 So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him. Lot went with him. Abram Abraham was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran[1], and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.



[1] The scroll does not have enough space for the entire first half of verse 5.

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•      The translation to the left is based on the World English Bible. Words in regular black font are words in the scrolls matching the traditional text for that passage.

•      Words in italics cannot be seen in the scroll, since the scroll is fragmentary. These words are supplied for readability by the World English Bible translation.

•      Words present in the scroll but with some letters unreadable or missing are in blue like this: blue. One Hebrew word often is translated into multiple English words, and when this occurs, all the English words are in blue.

•      Words present in the scroll but with spelling differences that do not affect the meaning are in green like this: green. This is common in Hebrew.

•      If the scroll is different from the traditional text, words in the traditional text that are missing from the text of the scroll are marked through in red like this: strike-through.

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