131 NOTE on the Hebrew word "Shāvua," p. 36. The Greek of the LXX indicates that seven years, and not seven days are signified by "Shavua" in Genesis xxix. 27, 28. The literal rendering from the Greek, is 27. "Fulfil, therefore, the sevenths (ra ßdoμa) of this (woman), and I will give thee also this (woman) in return for the labour which thou shalt work with me, yet seven other years." 28. " Jacob, therefore, did so, and completed the sevenths of this (woman)," i.e., he completed the sevenths of Rachel." τα έβδομα being the neuter plural of ἑβδομος, it agrees with the neuter noun eros a year, (plural ir”). But if sevenths of days had been intended in this place, the feminine plural would have been used (ras ißdoμas) to agree with spa a day, which is feminine. Thus Hebrews iv. 4, " For he spake in a certain place of the seventh (day)." Here the word day is not used in the Greck; but it is expressed by" the seventh," being put in the feminine just, as in Gen. xxiv. 27, 28, "the sevenths" is put in the neuter, to signify years. The meaning of the Greek word "hebdomos," is not confined to a week of days or years; it signifies only "a seventh." Thus John iv. 52, "at the seventh hour." Jude 14. "Enoch also the seventh from Adam." Rev. viii. 1, "The seventh seal." Rev. x. 7, "The seventh angel, &c." The Hebrew" Shāvua" has the same meaning as the Greek "hebdomos." As to the words in Gen. xxix. 30, "And he served with him yet seven other years;" it is an abstract sentence, which 132 only means that the seven years' service (mentioned in the 27th verse) were actually and fully served by Jacob, but not necessarily after he had married Rachel. 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