[321]. It seems probable that S. Paul alludes to this traditional speech more than once, as for instance Gal. iii. 9.
[322]. The same story is told by the Mohammedans: Weil, p. 90.
[323]. Gen. xxi. 24-27.
[324]. Numbers xxi. 16, 17.
[325]. Gen. xxi. 33.
[326]. The Mussulmans tell the story of Ishmael almost in every particular the same as that given below.
[327]. Exod. iv. 20.
[328]. Zech. ix. 9.
[329]. When King Sapor heard the R. Samuel explain that Messiah would come riding on an ass, the king said, “I will give him a horse; it is not seemly that he should ride an ass.” “What,” answered the Rabbi, “hast thou a horse with a hundred colours?” (Talmud, Tract. Sanhedrim, fol. 98, col. 1.)
[330]. The day is uncertain. Some say it was the 3rd Nisan; others, it was the first of the seventh month, Tischri, New Year’s day; others, that it was the Day of Atonement. Some say Isaac’s age was 37; others say 36; others 26; others 25; others 16; others 13; others, again, say 5; and others say only 2 years.