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# It came about
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This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here. AT: "It happened that"
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# It came about ... the window of the ark which he had made
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The phrase "which he had made" tells about the window. Some languages may need to make this phrase a separate sentence: "Noah had made a window in the boat. It came about after forty days that he opened the window" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
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# raven
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a black bird that eats mainly the flesh of dead animals
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# it flew back and forth
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This means that the raven kept leaving the boat and returning.
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# until the waters were dried up
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "until the wind dried up the waters" or "until the waters dried up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |