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Genesis 1-8 (Translated) (view source)
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|But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
|But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
|Then a mist went up from the earth, and watered all parts of the ground.
|But a mist would go up from the earth, and water all parts of the ground.
|In [[Hebrew]], the word '''פנים''' (''paniym''), meaning "face," has the same idiomatic usage as the word "face" in English. The ''pan-'' root persists as the [[Greek]] ''phan-'', face, as in "epiphany." See also ''pas, pasa, pan'', meaning "all" or "every."
|In [[Hebrew]], the word '''פנים''' (''paniym''), meaning "face," has the same idiomatic usage as the word "face" in English. The ''pan-'' root persists as the [[Greek]] ''phan-'', face, as in "epiphany." See also ''pas, pasa, pan'', meaning "all" or "every."
The "mist" referred to here, in the imperfect tense, is the kind of mist that commonly forms in "terrariums," which are sealed displays meant to duplicate the water cycle. The original water cycle did not have rain as we know it.
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