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Καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ καὶ ἑξακοσιοστῷ ἔτει ἐν τῇ ζωῇ τοῦ Νωε, τοῦ πρώτου μηνός, μιᾷ τοῦ μηνός, ἐξέλιπεν τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς· καὶ ἀπεκάλυψεν Νωε τὴν στέγην τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἣν ἐποίησεν, καὶ εἶδεν ὅτι ἐξέλιπεν τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς. (Genesis 8:13 LXX) Setting the Scene

This verse brings us into the narrative’s turning point: the floodwaters have abated, and Noe opens the ark’s roof to look. The Septuagint renders the Hebrew’s careful dating formula with a rich ἐν + dative temporal structure, followed by a sequence of aorist verbs that frame the events as completed, decisive acts.… Learn Koine Greek