consistent with the Mosaic History. 35 
in the margin the creeping creature. This word is froma verb, 
which signifies to bring forth or to increase, or to multiply abundant- 
ly, being the very verb which is rendered bring forth abundantly in 
the 20th verse, ‘ Let the waters bring forth abundantly,” (is heretzu 
hamaim). We find the verb obviously having this meaning in other 
passages, of which we shall quote examples: Gen. viii. 17, That 
they may breed abundantly (vesharetzu) in the earth, and be fruitful: 
and multiply in the earth ;” Exod. i. 7, And the children of Israel 
were fruitful and increased abundantly (vaisheretzu), and multiplied, 
and waxed exceeding mighty, and the land was filled with them ;” 
Exod. viii. 3, “And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly 
(vesharatz), * * * and the frogs shall hemes both on thee 
and on my people, and upon all thy servants.” 
From all this it appears that the proper translation of the noun 
‘sheretz is not the creeping but the rapidly multiplying creature. 
The creatures expressed by this noun were part of those which were 
created during the fifth epoch. 
The other word translated creeping thing is (remes), and the 
creatures expressed by the noun were created during the sixth epoch. 
‘We shail afterwards ae that it has a ony different meaning from 
sheretz. 
In the history of the &fih day’ s work the translators have render- 
ed the Hebrew word (oph), by fowl. This limits its meaning so 
as to include only the birds. But the term includes also the winged 
insects, as is evident from Leviticus xi. 20, “ All fowls (haoph) that 
_ creep, going upon four.”—The proper translation of the term is not 
fowl but flying thing, including the tribes of all kinds that can raise 
themselves up into the air; as is indeed rendered obvious by the 
expression in the 2ist verse of the 1st chapter of Genesis itself 
(cal oph canaph), ‘“ every flying thing that hath wings.” 
In the 21st verse it is said, “‘ God created (hathananim hagedolim),” 
which Hebrew words, our translators, following the Septuagint, which 
has given for them sa xnrn ra psyadn, have rendered great whales. 
We have abundant resources to shew that this translation is erroneous. 
In fact, neither the Greek nor the English translators have been 
consistent with themselves in translating the Hebrew word (than) or 
(thanim), for it occurs in both these forms. We find them in other 
places translating it severally by the term dpaxwv, and dragon. Jt would 
be tedious to quote the passages where they have thus varied from 
themselves. We shall refer to Ezekiel xxix. 3. for the latter sense, 
