the names of Leviathan and Behemoth. 271 



which the lexicographers have adopted;, that the assailants ad- 

 dressed Lot. But the result shews they addressed each other* 

 They did not say to Lot " stand hack" but they said to each 

 other, " press closely" and the result followed, " they pressed 

 closely upon the man. 1 ' 



V. 20, Predaceous beasts of strength, in place of the com- 

 mon translation, wild beasts of the field. Haith is the Hebrew 

 word now translated predaceous beasts, which is its proper 

 meaning ; as is evident from Leviticus xxvi. 22, and other 

 passages. " I will also send wild beasts (haith) among you 9 

 which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle^ 

 and make you few in number; and your highways shall be de- 

 solate." Haith, behemah, and remes, are the beings named in 

 Genesis, as created in the sixth period with man. We perceive 

 that by the two first are meant the larger predaceous animals 5 

 and the larger herbivorous animals. Hemes, instead of creeping 

 thing, obviously expresses the smaller mammalia, as has been 

 already observed. — Of strength, in this 20th verse, is express- 

 ed in the original, and has not been expressed in the common 

 translation. At the end of the verse, to contend, instead of the 

 common translation, to play, is justified by 2d Samuel ii. 14 9 

 where the play is a bloody contention. The young men play- 

 ing, " caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his 

 sword into his fellow's side ; so they fell down together." 



V. 23, The translation here is literal, and corresponds with 

 that of Bochart. 



V. 24. This is also a literal translation, and nearly that in the 

 margin of our common translation. 



There are a few other changes justified by the common lexi- 

 cons, but not worthy of further detailed remark. 



It appears to me that every point of the description here, 

 is correctly applicable to some large unreclaimed species of the 

 Bovine genus of Linnaeus ; and I shall proceed to give a detail 

 of the points of agreement, in the order in which they occur m 

 Job, with reference to the largest unreclaimed species with 

 which we are now acquainted, the Buffaloes of India and 

 Africa. 



1st, The Buffaloes, as we have seen, are to be included among 

 the animals made in the sixth period of creation with man. 



