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The Septuagint 7.10 · 7.10

After seven days

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Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰς ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

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ΚαὶKaìandἐγένετοegénetoit came to passμετὰmetàafterτὰςtàstheἑπτὰheptàsevenἡμέραςhēmérasdaysκαὶkaìandτὸtheὕδωρhýdōrthe waterτοῦtoûtheκατακλυσμοῦkataklysmoûthe floodἐγένετοegénetocameἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearth.

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The flood's water arrives exactly on schedule, the seven days of 7:4 now fulfilled — the same command-then-fulfilment rhythm that runs through the creation account of chapter 1.

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