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as it is given by Gesenius as the pluralis excellentice of 
Behemah ;* * *** thus implying that the Elephas primi genius is the 
chief of the quadrupeds or mammals created on the sixth day ; 
the Leviathan, whatever it may be, evidently belongs to the 
Tanninim, or Saurian shapes of the fifth day, of which the 
crocodile and some other creatures seem to be survivals. 
Now in the book of Job we have the description of Behe- 
moth through the pen of a contemporary writer. It is evi- 
dently as much intended to represent a living animal as was 
the magnificent description of the war-horse which, although 
highly poetical, is immediately recognized as perfect in its 
kind. Of Behemoth, on the contrary, the commentators 
write nothing but absurdities. Indeed, the philosophic Renan 
observes, “ L’ auteur laisse alter son imagination et semble faire 
le portrait tVun monstre fantas tuque.” But apart from all 
questions of inspiration (in which Renan does not believe), 
it is sui’cly a strange conceit to suppose that any author would 
* The Seventy translators, not understanding this, have rendered Behemoth 
by Srtjpia in ver. 10, followed by the singular aurou in ver. 11. 
*** For the above, and other illustrations in this paper, the Institute is 
indebted to the kindness of Messrs. Cassell, Petter, & Galpin. 
