Genesis 8:3

8:3 The waters kept receding steadily4 from the earth, so that they5 had gone down6 by the end of the 150 days.

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4	tn The construction combines a Qal preterite from שׁוּב (shuv) with its infinitive absolute to indicate continuous action. The infinitive absolute from הָלָךְ (halakh) is included for emphasis: “the waters returned … going and returning.”
5	tn Heb “the waters.” The pronoun (“they”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6	tn The vav (ו) consecutive with the preterite here describes the consequence of the preceding action.