Genesis 7:17

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Genesis 7:17 (WEB)
The flood was forty days on the earth. The waters increased, and lifted up the ship, and it was lifted up above the earth.

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John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.9Book IV
“The second was through the sea and the cloud: for the cloud is the symbol of the Spirit and the sea of the water.” — editor's note: Gen. vii. 17.
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