Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Bible — interlinear reader web app (React/Vite). Sovereign source on Forge adam2/ethiopian-bible; this is the GitHub mirror.
# The Ethiopian Bible
**The first free, open-source, interlinear Ethiopian Bible reader with dual English translations from the Septuagint and Masoretic traditions.**
**📖 Live:**
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church preserves the oldest and most complete biblical canon in Christianity -- 81 books, including texts that survive nowhere else on earth. This app presents them in the original Ge'ez script with word-by-word transliteration and side-by-side English translations from two ancient traditions.
## What Makes This Different
Most Bible apps give you one English translation from one textual tradition. This one shows you **two traditions side by side** for every verse:
- **LXX (Brenton 1851)** -- English translated from the Greek Septuagint, the same tradition the Ethiopian Bible descends from
- **KJV (1611)** -- English translated from the Masoretic Hebrew, the basis for most Protestant Bibles
Open Genesis 5:3 and see:
> **LXX:** And Adam lived **two hundred and thirty** years, and begot a son...
>
> **KJV:** And Adam lived **an hundred and thirty** years, and begat a son...
Same book. Same verse. Different number. The text speaks for itself.
## Features
- **All 84 books / 1,819 chapters** in Ge'ez with **100% word-by-word transliteration**, plus **20 books (502 chapters) with dual English translations**
- **Three reading modes**: Study (word cards + translations, default), Read (flowing Ge'ez with transliteration and English), Compare (side-by-side)
- **Scholarly comparison page** with 12 documented textual variants, every claim cited to published sources
- **URL routing** -- every verse is shareable (`/read/Gen/5/3`)
- **Bookmarks and annotations** saved in your browser
- **Search** across all texts
- **Variant indicators** marking known divergent verses
- **Keyboard navigation** (arrow keys, Ctrl+K for search)
- **Offline support** via service worker
- **Accessible** (ARIA labels, focus management, screen reade …