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The Septuagint 8.19 · 8.19

Every kind, from the ark

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καὶ πάντα τὰ θηρία καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν καὶ πᾶν ἑρπετὸν κινούμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν ἐξήλθοσαν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ.

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καὶkaìandπάνταpántaallτὰtheθηρίαthēríawild beastsκαὶkaìandπάνταpántaallτὰtheκτήνηktḗnēcattleκαὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryπετεινὸνpeteinònbirdκαὶkaìandπᾶνpâneveryἑρπετὸνherpetòncreeping thingκινούμενονkinoúmenonthat movesἐπὶepìuponτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearthκατὰkatàaccording toγένοςgénoskindαὐτῶνautôntheirἐξήλθοσανexêlthosanwent outἐκekout ofτῆςtêstheκιβωτοῦkibōtoûthe ark.

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κατὰ γένος, “according to kind,” closes the animals' story exactly as it opened it at creation (Gen 1:11-25) — the natural order comes out of the ark intact, kind by kind.

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