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Genesis 8:3

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8:3 The waters kept receding steadily 1  from the earth, so that they 2  had gone down 3  by the end of the 150 days.

1 tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned…going and returning.”

2 tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.

3 tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.



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