who before were disobedient, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In it, few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water.
b In Pirke Eliezer, c. 23. c Elmacin. Hist. apud Hottinger. Smegma Orient. l. 1. c. 8. p. 249. d In Gen. vi. 15. e Targum Jon. in Deut. iii. 11. T. Bab. Nidda, fol. 61. 1. f Bereshit Rabba, sect. 42. fol. 37. 2. Targum Jon. & Jarchi in Gen. xiv. 13. g Targum Jon. in Gen. xiv. 13. h Pirke Eliezer, c. 23. i Pocock. Specim. Hist. Arab. p. 38. k Eutychii Annal. p. 43. Elmacin. Hist. l. 1. c. 1. p. 12. Patricides, p. 10. Apud Hottinger, Smegma Orient. l. 1. c. 8. p. 251, 252.