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Recollections of his grand- father reciting these words came to him, recollections of the little German town at Gretz, from which he had sprung. The most conspicious change, however, was the great wall which surrounded the settlement and which kept off all but the most determined invaders. Joktan stepped forward, and without raising his voice, replied He has taken sanctuary at my altar. The strangers usually took one look at the wall and the protecting glacis and were quite happy to wander on unless

He thought about what to say. He always did after a sleepless night. as Yahweh, would deliver to the Hebrews in Sinai a commandment requiring them to abandon all other gods. He liked the pragmatic sequence in which this young Jew faced problems.