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x.xxvi.xxx-p4.17

x.xxvi.xxx-p4.1740 words

3. dragonHebrew, tanim, any large aquatic animal, here the crocodile, which on Roman coins is the emblem of Egypt.

lieth—restest proudly secure.

his rivers—the mouths, branches, and canals of the Nile, to which Egypt owed its fertility.