[FN#223] He had sold his father for a horse, etc., and his mother for a fine dress. [FN#224] This enigma is in the style of Samson's (Judges xiv. 12) of which we complain that the unfortuante Philistines did not possess the sole clue which could lead to the solution; and here anyone with a modicum of common sense would have answered, "Thou art the man!" The riddles with which the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon must have been simply hard questions somewhat like those in the text; and the relator wisely refuses to record them. [FN#225] We should say "To eclipse the sun." [FN#226] A very intelligible offer. [FN#227] Arab. "Bi Asri-hi," lit. "rope and all;" metaphorically used=altogether, entirely: the idea is borrowed from the giving or selling of a beast with its thong, halter, chain, etc. [FN#228] In the text, "Káhin," a Cohen, a Jewish Priest, a soothsayer: see Al-Kahánah, vol. i. 28. In Heb. Kahana=he ministered (priests' offices or other business) and Cohen=a priest either of the true God or of false gods. [FN#229] This ending with its résumé of contents is somewhat hors ligne, yet despite its vain repetition I think it advisable to translate it. [FN#230] "And she called his name Moses, and she said because from the water I drew him" (Exod. ii. 10). [FN#231] The Pharoah of the Exodus is popularly supposed by Moslems to have treated his leprosy with baths of babes' blood, the babes being of the Banú Isráíl. The word "Pharoah" is not without its etymological difficulties. [FN#232] Graetz (Geschichte i. note 7) proves that "Aram," in the Hebrew text (Judges iii. 8), should be "Edom." [FN#233] I give a quadruple increase, at least 25 per centum more than the genealogies warrant.