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The Septuagint 7.12 · 7.12

Forty days, forty nights of rain

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καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ὑετὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας καὶ τεσσεράκοντα νύκτας.

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καὶkaìandἐγένετοegénetocamehotheὑετὸςhyetòsrainἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearthτεσσεράκονταtesserákontafortyἡμέραςhēmérasdaysκαὶkaìandτεσσεράκονταtesserákontafortyνύκταςnýktasnights.

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The rain itself, now falling exactly as foretold in 7:4.

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