[22]. Gen. xxxv. 16-20.
[23]. Gen. xlviii. 7.
[24]. Eccles. ii. 4-6.
[25]. The soil which looks so utterly and hopelessly barren is not so in reality. To an English eye the attempt to cultivate these hill-sides would appear almost madness. But the result of my inquiries was, that under proper tillage the soil is very fertile. The reply of several peasants when questioned was, “If we had people to till the ground, and a government that would let us live, we could grow anything.”
[26]. Num. xiii. 23-27.
[27]. Gen. xlix. 11, 12.
[28]. Isa. v. 1, 2.
[29]. Matt. xxi. 33. Mark xii. 1. Luke xx. 9.
[30]. Num. xiii. 22.
[31]. Joshua xxi. 11.