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The Septuagint 5.8 · 5.8

Nine hundred and twelve years — and he died

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καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Σὴθ ἐννακόσια δώδεκα ἔτη, καὶ ἀπέθανεν.

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καὶkaìandἐγένοντοegénontothere wereπᾶσαιpâsaiallαἱhaitheἡμέραιhēméraidaysΣὴθSḕthof Sethἐννακόσιαennakósianine hundredδώδεκαdṓdekatwelveἔτηétēyears,καὶkaìandἀπέθανενapéthanendied.

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This closing verse is slightly shorter than v.5’s: no relative clause (“which he lived”), just the bare total. The variation is Swete’s text as it stands, not a scribal accident to be corrected — the chapter’s formula flexes in small ways from patriarch to patriarch even while its shape stays recognizable.

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