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Genesis 7:10

וַ יְהִי לְ שִׁבְעַת הַ יָּמִים וּ מֵי הַ מַּבּוּל הָיוּ עַל הָ אָרֶץ
And he is becoming for seven Days, and the dual-waters of the Flow have become upon the Earth.272
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The sentence is split by two conjunctions of the word and. It would read like this if the KJV included it, “And it came to pass after seven days, and the dual-waters of the flood were upon the earth.” Translators have always changed it to that. The verse begins with וַֽיְהִ֖י wa-yehi, and he is. See note on Genesis 1:3.