4 upon the earth the waters that were in it. And I saw that there was not one and the same likeness (2BA) 5 in the waters which descended from it. For in the first beginning they were black and many for a time, and afterwards I saw that the waters became bright, but they were not many, and after these things again I saw black (waters), and after these things again bright, and again (2BA) 6 black and again bright how this was done twelve times, but the black were always more numerous (2BA)
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