646 Chap. 40, ("in Expo/ition upon the Book, of J ó a. Verf.zt. Elephentes mentioned in the Margenmil- report them not. The Elephant gaudent;amni- ( faith one of theta ) loveth rivers, and though he be not a river brie: maximè Animal, yet he may be called a river-fide or river-bank Animal ; O'circalluvios Y Y vagantur, cum and ( faith the other) Elephants are greatly pleated with rivers, nitoquin nave and wander much about fireams of water, though they cannot proprer magni' fwim,by reafon of the greatnefs of their bodies. tudine re ñt. That is (I confers) a rare notion,and fngularlÿ fubfervientto cis klin,l,s., to. his opinion, that Behemoth is the Hippopotame, which the learned Author, fo often alreadymentioned, gives us ; namely, that by the wordrendred brook, we are here to underfiand the river 'Jilt s in Egypt. And therefore he tranflates theText, not as we,7'he willowsof the Brook, but The ;MewsofNilus compafs bim about. And that the Hebrew word (Nahal) fignifieth NON, he puts beyond contradiaìon, by quoting many exprefs places of Scripture, where it is fo ufed (Nam. 34. ç. loth. t 5. 4. 47. t Kings 8. 65. z Kings24.7. Ifa. 27. Ia.) which he alto con- firms by the Authority of fome Ancient Latine Poets, who call Niles aTorrent or aBrook. Now though this hath very great weight with me,and may with any ingenatus Reader,to perfwade him, that the Hippopotame is intended by Behemoth rather than the Elephant, Yet with the favour, and good leave of this worthy Author, and with fubmiffion to moreable judgments, I would offer thefe two things to the Readers confideration. Firfi, That though the word7ilue may draw its original (as he thews) from the word Nabal, according to its ancient pro - nunciation Nee/;yet in no one of thofe Scripturesby himquoted, and lately noted, is the word Nabal ufed alone (as it Rands in this Text of Sob) to lignifie Niluu ; for in all thofe places the word Egypt is added. Nowwhen the words are put together, The river of Egypt, no man candoubt but Nlxs m:rifi be under- flood by it. But when the wordNabal, (ignifying a Brook, Tor- rent or river, is found tingle and alone, there is no neceflity that it fhould lignifie Nilus , the word indifferently and in common, beingapplicable to any brook or river in any part of the whole world, as well as toNi/sre in Egypt. Secondly, In one place of the holy Scripture, where this whole expreflion in Job The willows of the brook is found, nor Ni. has, but fotne other brook or river is without all controverfie in- tended
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