<![CDATA[FindingTheSeam]]>https://www.findingtheseam.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fjr1!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67280966-52b1-4ba3-ae50-f2254f33a1eb_498x498.pngFindingTheSeamhttps://www.findingtheseam.comSubstackFri, 16 Oct 2026 21:52:22 GMT<![CDATA[The Oldest Copy Says 616 ]]>https://www.findingtheseam.com/p/the-oldest-copy-says-616https://www.findingtheseam.com/p/the-oldest-copy-says-616Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:16:34 GMTFinding The Seam What the translation didn’t tell you

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P115 reads 616. Excavated at Oxyrhynchus, published in 1999, dated to the third century, it is the oldest surviving witness to the verse. Codex Ephraemi agrees.

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The object nobody could explain, on the table where the question got asked

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Origen, around AD 230, is sarcastic about a literal Eden — and points to the text itself: Genesis describes three days with mornings and evenings be…

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