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The Septuagint 8.12 · 8.12

She did not return again

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καὶ ἐπισχὼν ἔτι ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ ἑτέρας πάλιν ἐξαπέστειλεν τὴν περιστεράν, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔτι.

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οὐ προσέθετο ... ἔτι, literally “did not add ... still,” is a Hebrew idiom (Hebrew לֹא־יָסְפָה) carried woodenly into Greek to say simply “did not do it again” — the dove has found somewhere else to live; the earth has become habitable.

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