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The Septuagint 7.14 · 7.14

Every kind, after its kind

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καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία κατὰ γένος καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη κατὰ γένος καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν κατὰ γένος

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καὶkaìandπάνταpántaallτὰtheθηρίαthēríawild beastsκατὰkatàaccording toγένοςgénoskindκαὶkaìandπάνταpántaallτὰtheκτήνηktếnēcattleκατὰkatàaccording toγένοςgénoskindκαὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryἑρπετὸνherpetòncreeping thingκινούμενονkinoúmenonmovingἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearthκατὰkatàaccording toγένοςgénoskindκαὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryπετεινὸνpeteinònbirdκατὰkatàaccording toγένοςgénoskind

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κατὰ γένος, “according to its kind,” repeats four times in one sentence — the same refrain that structured the creation of plant and animal life in chapter 1, now applied to the ark's cargo. This verse also runs on without a full stop into verse 15.

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