Genesis 46:22

Οὗτοι υἱοὶ Ῥαχὴλ, οὓς ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ· πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ δέκα ὀκτώ.

These are the sons of Rhachel, whom she bore to Iakob; all souls were eighteen.

OR

Οὗτοι υἱοὶ Ῥαχὴλ, οὓς ἔτεκεν τῷ Ἰακὼβ· πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ δέκα τέσσαρες.

These are the sons of Rhachel, whom she bore to Iakob; all souls were fourteen.

אלה בני רחל אשׁר ילד ליעקב כל־נפשׁ ארבעה עשׂר׃

 

*   ἔτεκεν τῷ | ἐγέννησεν
*   δέκα τέσσαρες | δέκα ὀκτώ | δέκα καὶ εννέα
*   souls OR persons

According to the text in Hebrew, there were fourteen souls born to Rhachel and Iakob, two sons, Ioseph and Beniamin; twelve grandsons, two of Ioseph’s (Gen 46:20), and ten of Beniamin’s (Gen 46:21). But in the LXX version of Gen 46:20, there were six souls born to Ioseph. Total = 18.

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