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Split a/d
GC and TP contradict each other: the shorter reading d is supported by a coherent majority of witnesses against Ex 1:8 LXX,[1] while there is a considerably broader
A-related core of witnesses for
a.
[1] Cf. Metzger (302f) who additionally points to a possible motive for omission as avoiding repetition of the statement of place.
