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256 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.<br />

"Almighty, may He be exalted and may He be<br />

"blessed! stretched out his hand and took the<br />

"whole universe in the palm thereof, the heavens,<br />

"and the earth, and things terrestrial, and those<br />

"who bear up [the heavens], and the angels, and<br />

"men, and beasts, and living creatures, and the<br />

"dead, and the light, and the darkness; all creation<br />

"[lay] in the palm of His hand. And I could see<br />

"that they were not to Him heavier to bear than<br />

"is a mustard-seed in the hand of a man." And<br />

the Two-horned said unto him, "They would not<br />

"be of any weight to Him, and to Him the matter<br />

"would not be difficult."<br />

Gog and And again the Two-horned asked the angel,<br />

saying, "Tell me concerning this mountain which<br />

"I have left behind me." And the angel answered,<br />

"In the mountain which thou hast left behind thee<br />

"there is no road whatever, but it is much smaller<br />

"than that which is between thee and Yagug (Gog)<br />

"and Magug (Magog), for God Almighty hath [p. 147]<br />

"placed it as a gate {or door) in the dry land;<br />

"now the mighty God did this by His power<br />

"before ever thou didst shut the gate upon them.<br />

"Take heed, then, that thou boastest not thyself<br />

"because of what thou hast done, and that thou<br />

"dost not ponder in thy heart and say that thou<br />

"hast done this thing by thine own power, for if<br />

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thrown"<br />

down.<br />

^"concerning thee and concerning the building which<br />

"thou hast built, and which is a small thine amono-<br />

"the things which He hath created, and He will

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