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Credit: Michaël CATANZARITI

License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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Comments: Southern right whale (Peninsula Valdés, Patagonia, Argentina)

 

Credit: Gabriel Barathieu

License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

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
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​w/whale.html. 2024.
 
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