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Heb_8:9. Οὐ κατὰ τὴν διαθήκην , ἣν ἐπίησα τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ] negative unfolding of the foregoing positive expression καινήν (namely, a covenant): not after the manner of the covenant ( ìÉà ëÇáÌÀøÄéú ) which I made for their fathers, i.e. one qualitatively different therefore, and that as being a better one.
ἣν ἐποίησα ] LXX.: ἣν διεθέμην .
τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ] in the Hebrew àÆúÎàÂáå̇úÈí , with their fathers. The mere dative with ἐποίησα excludes the notion of reciprocity in the covenant-founding which has taken place, and presents it purely as the work of the disposition made by God.
ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπιλαβομένου μου κ . τ . λ .] in the day (at the time) when I look hold of their hand, to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt ( áÌÀéå̇í äÆçÁæÄé÷Äé áÀéÈãÈí ìÀçå̇öÄéàÈí îÅàÆøÆõ îÄöÀøÈéÄí ). An unwieldy but not exactly incorrect construction (see Winer, Gramm., 7 Aufl. p. 531), in place of which Justin Martyr, Dial. cum Tryph. Jud_1:11, in citing the same words of Scripture, has chosen the less cumbrous ἐν ᾗ ἐπελαβόμην . The note of time characterizes the covenant as the Mosaic one.
ὅτι ] for; not: “because,” as protasis to κἀγὼ κ . τ . λ . as the apodosis (Calvin, Böhme, Hofmann, al.).
κἀγώ ] emphatic personal opposition to αὐτοί : and consequently I also concerned not myself about them.
λέγει κύριος ] LXX. (Cod. Alex. too): φησὶ κύριος .