[81]. All these are tribes of Gentiles. Comp. Genesis 22. 21; 36. 18.

[82]. Philipp’s edition, lines 109–136. For reasons, which do not appear to be cogent, Hai’s authorship of these maxims has been doubted.

[83]. Harkavy’s edition No. 15; Brody’s edition No. 36. It is an excellent specimen of the Fakhr (self-glorification) poems of the Arabs.

[84]. Comp. Exodus 21. 6.

[85]. Harkavy’s edition, No. 23; Brody’s edition, No. 39. Some lines are missing in the place indicated by the asterisks. Then follows a graphic description of the tunny fish.

[86]. Comp. 1 Samuel 2. 22, 34.

[87]. Numbers 25. 6, 14.

[88]. Genesis 38. 9, 10.

[89]. Comp. 2 Kings 17. 30.

[90]. Comp. Daniel 9. 24–27.