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

by S. Baring-Gould

[526] Ibid., i. c. lxxv.

[527] Targum of Palestine, i. p. 561.

[528] Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 117, col. 1.

[529] Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, cols. 2, 3.

[530] Jalkut Rubeni, fol. 107, col. 3.

[531] Tabari, i. p. 371; also Midrash, fol. 30.

[532] Parascha R. Bechai, fol. 116.

[533] Talmud, Tract. Hajada, fol. 12, col. 2.

[534] Talmud, Tract. Joma, fol. 75, col. 1.

[535] This is sanctioned by Scripture: “Thou feddest Thine own people with angels’ food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labor, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.” (Wisdom, xvi. 20.)