| 26. Linguistic Exegesis The clause begins with the adverb homoios {ὁμοίως | ho-moí-ōs} “likewise,” which signals that the same situation just described is now being repeated. This is followed by the conjunction kai {καὶ | kaí} linking the successive subjects, each expressed with an article and ordinal: ho deuteros {ὁ δεύτερος | ho deú-te-ros} “the second” and ho tritos {ὁ τρίτος | ho trí-tos} “the third.” The prepositional phrase heos ton hepta {ἕως τῶν ἑπτά | hé-ōs tôn hep-tá} uses heos “until” with a genitive phrase “of the seven,” a construction that in context denotes continuation through the entire group of seven brothers. Greek leaves the intervening brothers implicit, with the conjunctions and ordinals creating a sense of ongoing sequence. In translation, the genitive “of the seven” is naturally rendered as “up to the seventh,” making explicit the endpoint of the series while preserving the repetitive, cumulative feel of the original narrative. |