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The Septuagint 1.9 · 1.9

Let the water be gathered

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Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά· καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως. καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰς τὰς συναγωγὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά.

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ΚαὶKaìAndεἶπενeîpensaidhotheθεόςtheósGodΣυναχθήτωSynakhthḗtōLet be gatheredτὸtheὕδωρhýdōrwaterτὸthatὑποκάτωhypokátōunderτοῦtoûtheοὐρανοῦouranoûheavenεἰςeisintoσυναγωγὴνsynagōgḕna gatheringμίανmíanone,καὶkaìandὀφθήτωophthḗtōlet appeartheξηράxērádry land·καὶkaìandἐγένετοegénetoit was soοὕτωςhoútōsthus.καὶkaìandσυνήχθηsynḗkhthēwas gathered togetherτὸtheὕδωρhýdōrwaterτὸthatὑποκάτωhypokátōunderτοῦtoûtheοὐρανοῦouranoûheavenεἰςeisintoτὰςtàstheσυναγωγὰςsynagōgàsgathering-placesαὐτῶνautôntheir,καὶkaìandὤφθηṓphthēappearedtheξηράxērádry land.

The setting

Day three opens with a second command-and-fulfilment pair, told twice in almost identical words (command, then its exact execution) — a hallmark of this chapter's style. The waters gather so that ξηρά, “dry [land]”, can appear.

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