"And Lamech said to his wives, Ada and Sella, Hear my voice, you⌃ wives of Lamech, consider my words, because I have slain a man to my sorrow and a youth to my grief."
Current LocationSociété Royale Égyptienne de Papyrologie, Cairo
Found LocationFayum, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details
This extremely ancient Septuagint scroll of Genesis is famous for preserving the divine name (Yahweh) written in Hebrew/Aramaic square script directly within the Greek text. Discovered in the Fayum region of Egypt, it is one of the oldest surviving manuscripts of the Greek translation of the Torah.
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Codex
Codex Alexandrinus
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LanguageGreek
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century (c. 400-440 CE))
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details
Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four great uncial codices of the Greek Bible. It contains the vast majority of the Septuagint and New Testament, and was the first of the great uncials to become accessible to modern scholars.
