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The Septuagint 9.3 · 9.3

Everything living, for food

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καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν ὅ ἐστιν ζῶν ὑμῖν ἔσται εἰς βρῶσιν· ὡς λάχανα χόρτου ἔδωκα ὑμῖν τὰ πάντα.

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καὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryἑρπετὸνherpetòncreeping thingwhichἐστινestinisζῶνzônlivingὑμῖνhymînfor youἔσταιéstaishall beεἰςeisforβρῶσινbrôsinfood·ὡςhōsasλάχαναlákhanaherbsχόρτουkhórtouof grassἔδωκαédōkaI gaveὑμῖνhymînto youτὰtheπάνταpántaall things.

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The permission widens: at creation only "every green plant" was given as food (Gen 1:29-30); now every living, moving creature is added — the first divine sanction for eating meat. The chapter immediately qualifies the gift in the next verse.

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