Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets / And Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources

by S. Baring-Gould

[316] Solomon Jarschi, Comm. on Moses, xx. 5.

[317] Josh. xii. 24.

[318] Psalm cxiii. 9.

[319] This climax of absurdity is found also in the Mussulman histories of the Patriarch.

[320] Weil, p. 83.

[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.