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The Septuagint 9.7 · 9.7

The blessing, doubled

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ὑμεῖς δὲ αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε, καὶ πληρώσατε τὴν γῆν καὶ πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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ὑμεῖςhymeîsYouδὲandαὐξάνεσθεauxánestheincreaseκαὶkaìandπληθύνεσθεplēthýnesthemultiply,καὶkaìandπληρώσατεplērṓsatefillτὴνtḕntheγῆνgênearthκαὶkaìandπληθύνεσθεplēthýnesthemultiplyἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearth.

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The chapter's opening blessing is repeated to close the frame, with πληθύνεσθε ("multiply") said twice — a Hebrew-style doubling for emphasis. Swete's text reads "πληθύνεσθε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς" (repeating "the earth"); Brenton's 1851 edition instead reads "ἐπ' αὐτῆς" ("upon it") — a genuine wording variant, not reproduced here.

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