...the Arabs excuse themselves for their robberies by alleging the hard usage of their father Ishmael, who, being turned out of doors by Abraham, had the...permission to take whatever he could find there. and the reason for recording it, are now, I think sufficiently clear. Since this was written, T have remarked...

...frequent robberies of travelers and merchants, by alleging the hard usage of their father Ishmael, who, being turned out of doors by Abraham, had the...with permission to take whatever he could find there. They therefore claim the right of levying contributions, not only on the descendants of Isaac, but...

...who cross his path, by saying, " When Ishmael was sent away from the tents of his father Abraham, he had the open plains and deserts given him by God for his patrimony, with permission to possess whatever he could find there." So that instead of confessing that he " robs," he only thinks...