John Trapp on Job 40:22

Verſe 22. The ſhady trees cover him with their ſhadow &c.] He leaneth againſt thoſe trees, and ſleepeth, for lye downe and riſe again he cannot for want of joynts in his limbs. And why may not we conceive the trees in thoſe parts big enough to overſhade the Elephant; when as in America, but eſpecially in Braſile, the trees are ſo huge,Abbots Geog. pag. 271. that it is reported of them, that ſeveral families have lived in ſeveral armes of one tree, to ſuch a number as are in ſome petty Village or Pariſh amongſt us?

The willowes of the brook compaſſe him about] To ſhelter him from the wind and cold. And although they cannot ſwim, they are ſo big, yet they love to be about pooles and brooks for ſhade, and to eaſe their thirſt; for the Elephant drinketh off fourteen firkins of water in a morning, ſaith Ariſtotle, and eight at night, as it followeth,