Genesis 8:12

Verse

RBT Translation:

And he is waiting again seven days back,³¹⁹ and is sending forth the dove, and she has not added to turn back³²⁰ toward him again.

LITV Translation:
And he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove. And she did not return again to him any more.

ESV Translation:
Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And having waited yet seven other days, he again sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him again anymore.

Footnotes

319

Implies three seven-hot-one cycles.

320

adds not to turn back. Adds with the infinitive to turn back (#7725) from which we get the concept of repentance. Comparing these two phrases reveals to us the work of the Spirit in raising up through increase “Sent Ones” beginning with Jesus at his own baptism. “Sent ones” are those who have had their eyes opened to what they haven’t seen or known before in the Word (Luke 24:25-27, John 9:7). They turn back from the way of Cain and become Seth, builders put in Christ’s own place.