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# It came about
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This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
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# in the six hundred and first year
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"when Noah was 601 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the first month, on the first day of the month
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Since Moses wrote this book it is possible he is referring to the first month of the Hebrew calendar, but this is uncertain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the waters were dried up from off the earth
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "the waters covering the earth dried up" or "the wind dried up the waters covering the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]).
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# the covering of the ark
This refers to a cover that kept the rain water from going into the ark.
# behold
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The word "behold" tells us to pay attention to the important information that comes next.
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# In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month
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"On the twenty seventh day of the second month." This may refer to the second month of the Hebrew calendar, but this is uncertain. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the earth was dry
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"the ground was completely dry"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeyear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]