Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν.

In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth. · Genesis 1:1, Septuagint

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Genesis 1
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1In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.
2But the earth was unseen and unready, and darkness was over the deep, and the Spirit of God moved over the water.
3And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.
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a v. 2 Or, invisible and unformed
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ABP

Apostolic Bible Polyglot

2003

A literal, word-for-word interlinear following Greek Septuagint word order while still reading naturally in English. Covers the Old and New Testament.

LXX

Brenton's Septuagint

1844 / 1870

Sir Lancelot Brenton's highly literal rendering based on Codex Vaticanus, the standard English Septuagint for over 160 years. Covers the Old Testament and Apocrypha.

CT

Thomson's Translation

1808

Charles Thomson's Philadelphia edition, the first English Bible translated directly from the Greek Septuagint. Covers the Old and New Testament.

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In the beginning God made the heaven and the earth.


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