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The Septuagint 9.9 · 9.9

I establish my covenant

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Ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἀνίστημι τὴν διαθήκην μου ὑμῖν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι ὑμῶν μεθ᾽ ὑμᾶς,

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ἘγὼEgṑIἰδοὺidoùbeholdἀνίστημιanístēmiestablishτὴνtḕntheδιαθήκηνdiathḗkēncovenantμουmoumyὑμῖνhymînwith youκαὶkaìandτῷtôitheσπέρματιspérmatiseedὑμῶνhymônyourμεθ᾽meth᾽afterὑμᾶςhymâsyou,

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The word διαθήκη enters the Bible's story here for the first time — "covenant/testament," the very word behind "Old Testament" and "New Testament" (Matt 26:28, 2 Cor 3:6,14, Heb 8-9). ἀνίστημι, ordinarily "to raise up" (of resurrection, throughout the NT), here means simply "I set up, establish" — a covenant that stands.

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