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 * || || Bible—Genesis. || Deluge tablet.
 * || || Chap. vii. || Col. III.
 * 11.||| Destruction of people || v. 21 || l. 1-15
 * 12.||| Duration of deluge || v. 12, 17, 24, &c. || l. 19-21
 * || || Chap. viii. ||
 * 13.||| End of deluge || v. 13 || l. 21-26
 * 14.||| Opening of window || v. 6 || l. 27
 * 15.||| Ark rests on a mountain || v. 4 || l. 33
 * 16.||| Sending forth of the birds || v. 7—12 || l. 384-4
 * 17.||| Leaving the ark || v. 18, 19|| l. 45
 * 18.||| Building the altar || v. 20|| l. 46
 * 19.||| The sacrifice || v. 20|| l. 47, 48
 * 20.||| The savour of the offering || v. 21|| l. 49
 * || || Chap. ix. || Col. IV.
 * 21.||| A deluge not to happen again || v. 11|| l. 17-20
 * 22.||| Covenant and blessing || v. 9|| l. 26
 * || || Chap. v. ||
 * 23.||| Translation of the patriarch (in Genesis of Enoch) || v. 24|| l. 28
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 * 17.||| Leaving the ark || v. 18, 19|| l. 45
 * 18.||| Building the altar || v. 20|| l. 46
 * 19.||| The sacrifice || v. 20|| l. 47, 48
 * 20.||| The savour of the offering || v. 21|| l. 49
 * || || Chap. ix. || Col. IV.
 * 21.||| A deluge not to happen again || v. 11|| l. 17-20
 * 22.||| Covenant and blessing || v. 9|| l. 26
 * || || Chap. v. ||
 * 23.||| Translation of the patriarch (in Genesis of Enoch) || v. 24|| l. 28
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 * 21.||| A deluge not to happen again || v. 11|| l. 17-20
 * 22.||| Covenant and blessing || v. 9|| l. 26
 * || || Chap. v. ||
 * 23.||| Translation of the patriarch (in Genesis of Enoch) || v. 24|| l. 28
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 * 23.||| Translation of the patriarch (in Genesis of Enoch) || v. 24|| l. 28
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There is no unexpected or material difference in the first four of these points, but with reference to the size of the ark there is certainly a discrepancy, for although the Chaldean measures are effaced it is evident that in the inscription the breadth and height of the vessel are stated to be the same, while these are given in Genesis as fifty cubits and thirty cubits respectively.

With regard to those who were saved in the ark there is again a clear difference between the two