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Genesis 6:13

וַ יֹּאמֶר אֶלֹהִים לְ נֹחַ קֵץ כָּל בָּשָׂר בָּא לְ פָנַי כִּי מָלְאָה הָ אָרֶץ חָמָס מִ פְּנֵיהֶם וְ הִנְנִי מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת הָ אָרֶץ
And elohim said to Rest, `A cut-off-end of the whole of the flesh is he-who-comes to my faces, for the Earth has been filled of violence from their faces.244 And behold-me, he-who-lays-waste-them את-the Earth.
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Hebrew mippnechem. From their faces. Translated as “through them” in the KJV or “because of them” in others. Consider the five faces listed in the note on Genesis 1:2. Which faces would these be?