853. 'The seventeenth day' means that which is new. This is clear from what has been stated and shown concerning that same number at Chapter 7:11, in 755, where it means a beginning. Every beginning is something new.
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but the dovefound no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him into the ship; for the waters were on the surface of the wholeearth. He put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her to him into the ship.