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John Gill's Exposition on Job 41:17

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They are joined one to another, etc.] One scale to another, or “a man in his brother” f1544: which may seem to favour the notion of the whale’s teeth in the sockets, which exactly answer to one another; but the next clause will by no means agree with them; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered: whereas they easily be, at least by the creature itself; but the scales of a crocodile are so closely joined and sealed together, that there is no parting them.
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