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Whale
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Credit: Michaël CATANZARITI
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Comments: Southern right whale (Peninsula Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina)
Credit: Gabriel Barathieu
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Comments: A mother sperm whale and her calf off the coast of Mauritius. The calf has remoras attached to its body.
Whale — "And God created great whales..." (Genesis 1:21 A.V.[15]) Hebrew Tânnîn - Strongs: H8577 can also be translated as "sea-monster"; porpoises and dugongs were also known to the Hebrews. In Matthew 12:40, Jesus compared his own burial to Jonah's entombment in the forestomach of a whale.[12]
Verses:
- Genesis 1:21
- Job 7:12
- Ezekiel 32:2
- Matthew 12:40
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Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/w/whale.html. 2024.
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/w/whale.html. 2024.
