Contradiction in Septuagint Translation?

[dervisolvski]

Hello. I was looking at the translations between the Septuagint and the other versions of the Bible. What I found is that, mostly in Genesis, there were some numerical errors contrary to other versions of the Bible, even in the Latin Vulgate. Here are some examples:

And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters(Genesis 5:4, LXX).

Here we can see Adam has lived 700 years after birth of Seth. But, even in the Latin Vulgate, we see that Adam lived 800 years:

And the days of Adam, after he begot Seth, were eight hundred years: and he begot sons and daughters(Genesis 5:4, Douay-Rheims Bible).

There are also other translations which exactly writes “eight hundred years” as well. But, why is there a contradiction? Or, is it a contradiction? What is the reason behind we see in here?

In adittion, there is a website that has a list of it: Lay it to Heart - The Septuagint is Incorrect

God bless.

 

[Mythicalbio]

Some Curious Numerical Facts about the Ages of the Patriarchs – Is That in the Bible?

This article goes into the differences in their ages between translations like LXX, masoretic, samaritan, etc and the purpose of their ages. Such alterations were done on purpose.

 

[CRM_Brother]

It also depends upon which Vulgate you are using. There are a number of inconsistencies throughout the earlier versions of the Vulgate. The Nova Vulgata should be the most accurate version.

 

[Aulef]

It is hard to define which codex is correct from Adam to Noah… I take the Vulgate version (also Masoretic) for reasons I will publish someday (it is the only one that fits economy of salvation)

 

[BartholomewB]

Another numerical discrepancy, which is of particular interest because Jesus alludes to this verse in a well-known saying: Lamech’s threat in Gen. 4:14. In the Masoretic text, Lamech says "seventy-seven times” but in the Septuagint it’s “seventy times seven times.” (Warning: the Hebrew word order may show up reversed, thanks to my computer.)

כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם־ קָ֑יִן וְלֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃

ὅτι ἑπτάκις ἐκδεδίκηται ἐκ Καιν ἐκ δὲ Λαμεχ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά

These are the numbers:
In Hebrew, שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה (shivim ve-shivah), seventy-seven.
In Greek, ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά (hebdomekontakis hepta), seventy times seven.