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Job 40:16

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Gregory the Dialogist

His strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. 20. The places for the seed of coition are said to be in the loins with men, but in the navel with women. For hence it is that the Truth says to His disciples; Let your loins be girded about. [Luke 12, 35] Hence Peter, when keeping away lust from the heart, admonished, saying, Girded up in the loins of your mind. [1 Pet. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXII ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Second, he describes his conjugal relations. For the principal animal pleasures consist in food and intercourse. He describes the intercourse of the elephant first as to the principle of pleasure by which animals are excited to intercourse when he says, "His strength is in his loins," for semen is drawn to the genital members from the loins or from the kidney area. Second, he describes the manner of intercourse. …

Commentary on Job ↗