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# Connecting Statement:
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Job continues to talk about the fathers of the mockers.
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# saltwort ... bushes' leaves ... the roots of the broom tree
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These are plants that people would eat only if they could find nothing better.
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# the roots of the broom tree were their food
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Possible meanings are 1) the people ate the roots of the broom tree or 2) the people warmed themselves by burning the roots of broom trees.
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