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The Septuagint 1.27 · 1.27

Male and female

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καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, κατ᾽ εἰκόνα θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν· ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς.

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The threefold repetition of ἐποίησεν, “he made”, hammers the point: humankind, both man and woman together, bears the divine image — a striking equality of the sexes in the very grammar of the verse, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ standing in simple apposition.

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