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Minæan inscrs. along with (Hebrew characters) (Egypt), (Hebrew characters), and Gaza (Homm. AHT, 248 f., 252 f., AA, 297 ff.; Glaser, ii. 455 ff.; Winckler, AOF, i. 28 f.; König, Fünf Landschaften, 9: cf., on the other side, Mey. ZA, xi. 327 ff., INS, 320 ff.).—(Hebrew characters)] The personal name (Hebrew characters) (as also (Hebrew characters)) has been found in Nabat. inscrs.; see Levy, ZDMG, xiv. 403 f., 447, 477 f., where attention is called to the prevalence of craftsmen's names in these inscrs., and a connexion of (Hebrew characters) with (Hebrew characters) in 4²² is suggested.—4. Five sons of Midian.—(Hebrew characters) is named along with Midian in Is. 60⁶ as a trading tribe. It has been identified with the Ḫayapa (= (Hebrew characters)?) mentioned by Tiglath-pileser IV. and Sargon, along with some 6 other rebellious Arab tribes (KIB, ii. 21, 43): see Del. Par. 304, KAT³, 58.—With (Hebrew characters), Wetzst. compares the modern 'Ofr (Di.); Glaser (449), Ass. Apparu (KIB, ii. 223).—(Hebrew characters)] Perhaps Hanākiya near 'Ofr (Kn.-Di.).—It is noteworthy that these three names—(Hebrew characters), 1 Ch. 2^46f.; (Hebrew characters), 1 Ch. 4¹⁷ 5²⁴; (Hebrew characters), Gn. 46⁹, Ex. 6¹⁴, Nu. 26⁵, 1 Ch. 5³—are found in the Heb. tribes most exposed to contact with Midian (Judah, Manasseh, Reuben). Does this show an incorporation of Midianite clans in Israel? (Nö.).—(Hebrew characters) ('Abî-yada'a) and (Hebrew characters) (Il-yeda and Yeda-'il) are personal names in Sabæan, the former being borne by several kings (ZDMG, xxvii. 648, xxxvii. 399; Glas. ii. 449).

5. See on 24³⁶.—6. The exodus of the Bnê Ḳedem (composed by a redactor).—the concubines] apparently Hagar and Ḳeṭurah, though neither bears that opprobrious epithet in Gen.: in 16³ Hagar is even called (Hebrew characters). Moreover, Ishmael and his mother, according to J and E, had long been separated from Abraham.—sent them away from off Isaac] so as not to be a burden upon him. Cf. Ju. 11².—eastward to the land of Ḳedem] the Syro-Arabian desert.

So we must render, unless (with Gu.) we are to take the two phrases (Hebrew characters) and (Hebrew characters) as variants. But (Hebrew characters) in OT is often a definite geographical expression, denoting the region E and SE of the Dead Sea (cf. 29¹, Nu. 23⁷, Ju. 6^{3. 33} 7¹² 8¹⁰, Is. 11¹⁴, Jer. 49²⁸, Ezk. 25^{4. 10}, Jb. 1³); and although its appellative significance could, of course, not be forgotten, it has almost the force of a proper name. It is so used in the Eg. romance of Sinuhe (c. 1900 B.C.): see Müller, AE, 46 f.; Wi. GI, 52 ff.; Mey. INS, 243 f.

XXV. 7-11.—The Death and Burial of Abraham (P).

^7-11a are the continuation of 23²⁰ in P. Note the characteristic phrases: (Hebrew characters), ⁷; (Hebrew characters), ⁸; (Hebrew characters), ^11a; the chronology ⁷, the reminiscences of ch. 23, and the backward reference in 49³¹.—^11b belongs to J.

5 end] [E] G S + (Hebrew characters).—6. (Hebrew characters) (see on 22²⁴) is used of (Hebrew characters) in 35²².—(Hebrew characters)] G (Greek characters).