[92]. Song of Sol. i. 14.

[93]. Gen. xiv.

[94]. Num. xxiv. 21, 22.

[95]. 1 Sam. xxiii. 29; xxiv.

[96]. Gen. xiii. 10.

[97]. 2 Peter ii. 8.

[98]. Gen. xiv. 10. Compare Gen. xi. 3.

[99]. It is impossible here to enter into a full discussion of this question. The student is referred to the works of Canon Tristram, and to the articles by Mr. Grove in Smith’s ‘Bible Dictionary.’

[100]. The full meaning of this statement will be perceived when it is remembered that sea-water contains less than four per cent. of salts, and more than ninety-six per cent. of pure water.

[101]. Gen. xiii. 10.