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The Septuagint 8.22 · 8.22

Seedtime and harvest

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πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς γῆς σπέρμα καὶ θερισμός, ψῦχος καὶ καῦμα, θέρος καὶ ἔαρ ἡμέραν καὶ νύκτα οὐ καταπαύσουσιν.

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πάσαςpásasallτὰςtàstheἡμέραςhēmérasdaysτῆςtêstheγῆςgêsearthσπέρμαspérmaseedtimeκαὶkaìandθερισμόςtherismósharvest,ψῦχοςpsŷkhoscoldκαὶkaìandκαῦμαkaûmaheat,θέροςthérossummerκαὶkaìandἔαρéarspringἡμέρανhēmérandayκαὶkaìandνύκταnýktanightοὐounotκαταπαύσουσινkatapaúsousinshall cease.

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The four paired rhythms of the natural year — sowing/harvest, cold/heat, summer/winter, day/night — are promised never to fail, reaffirming creation's own ordering (Gen 1:14) now that the Flood is over. ἔαρ, “spring,” is a rare word in Biblical Greek that never occurs in the New Testament.

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