howing his obedience to God, he set
aside the usual order of things, which was that the servant
should saddle the ass, and saddled the ass himself, as mentioned
Gen. xxii. 3." The animal referred to in the above remarks is
spoken of in Sanhedrin, fol. 98, col. 1, as being of a hundred
colors.

When Joseph saw the signs of Judah's anger, he began to tremble, and
said (to himself), "Woe is me, for he may kill me!" And what were these
signs? Tears of blood rolling down from Judah's right eye, and the hair
that grew on his chest rising and penetrating through the five garments
that he wore. Joseph then kicked the marble seat on which he was
sitting, so that it was instantly shattered into fragments. Upon this
Judah observed, "He is a mighty man, like one of us."

_Yalkut Vayegash._

Abraham married three wives--Sarah, a daughter of Shem; Keturah, a
daughter of Japheth; and Hagar, a daughter of Ham.

_Yalkut, Job_, chap. 8.

Rashi supposes that Keturah was one and the same with Hagar--so
the Midrash, the Targum Yerushalmi, and that of Jonathan. The
latter says, "Keturah, she is Hagar, who had been bound to him
from the beginning," but Aben Ezra and most of the commentators
contend that Keturah and Hagar are two distinct persons, and the
use of the plural concubines, in verse 6, bears them out in this
assertion.

The Holy One--blessed be He!--daily proclaims a new law in the heavenly
court, and even all these were known to Abraham.

Ibid., chap. 37.

A Gentile once asked Rabbi Yoshua ben Kapara, "Is it true that ye say
your God sees the future?" "Yes," was the reply. "Then how is it that it
is written (Gen. vi. 6), 'And it grieved Him at His heart'?" "Hast
thou," replied the Rabbi, "ever had a boy born to thee?" "Yes," said the
Gentile; "and I rejoiced and made others rejoice with me." "Didst thou
not know that he would eventually die?" asked the Rabbi. "Yes," answered
the other; "but at the time of joy is joy, and at the time of mourning,
mourning." "So it is before the Holy One--blessed be He!--seven days He
mourned before the deluge destroyed the world."

_Bereshith Rabbah_, chap. 27.

All the strength of the soul's mourning is from the third to the
thirtieth day, during which time she sits on the grave, still thinking
her beloved might yet return (to the body whence she departed). When she
notices that the color of the face is changed, she leaves and goes away;