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2 Και εκλεισθησαν αι πηγαι της αβυσσου, και οι καταρρακται του ουρανου, και εκρατηθη ο υετος απο των ουρανων.
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877. 'The waters were over the face 1 of the earth' means that falsities were still there to overflowing. This is clear from the meaning of 'the waters of the flood' as falsities, as shown adequately already, and so from the very words themselves.
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1. literally, the faces
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