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(Hebrew characters) and (Hebrew characters) are in Genesis singularly few. In E contexts, (Hebrew characters) occurs 22^{11. 14 bis} 28²¹ 31⁴⁹, where its presence seems due to the intentional action of a redactor. J has (Hebrew characters) (a) in 3^1-5 4²⁵ (a special case: see pp. 2, 53); (b) where the contrast between the divine and the human is to be emphasised, 32²⁹; (c) in conversations with, or references to, heathen (real or supposed), 9²⁷ 39⁹ 41^{32b. 38} 43^{28. 29} 44¹⁶; there are also (d) some doubtful examples which are very probably to be assigned to E, 33^{5b. 10b. 11} 42²⁸. It is only in the last group (if even there), with the possible addition (see p. 155) of 8¹, that redactional alteration or scribal error need be suspected.

For the inhabitants of Canaan, J uses (Hebrew characters), 10^{18b. 19} 12⁶ (? R), 24^{3. 37} 50¹¹ + (with (Hebrew characters), 13⁷ (R?) 34³⁰); E (Hebrew characters), 15¹⁶ 48²² +.^[1]

For the name Jacob, J substitutes Israel after 35²² (exc. 46^5b); E consistently uses Jacob (exc. 46² 48^{8. 11. 21} [50²⁵?]).

The following are selected lists of expressions (in Genesis) highly characteristic of J and E respectively:

J: (Hebrew characters) and (Hebrew characters) in genealogies: the former, 4^{20. 21} 10²¹ 11²⁹ 22²; the latter, 4²¹ 10²⁵ (cf. 22²¹ 25²⁶ 38^29f.).—(Hebrew characters) (in connexion with a late-born child), 21^{2a. 7} 24³⁶ 37³ 44²⁰.—(Hebrew characters), 6⁸ 18³ 19¹⁹ 30²⁷ 32⁶ 33^{8. 10. 15} 34¹¹ 39⁴ 47^{25. 29} 50⁴ +.—(Hebrew characters) (without (Hebrew characters)), 2⁵ 19⁴ 24^{15. 45} +.—(Hebrew characters) (in sexual sense), 4^{1. 17. 25} 19^{5. 8} 24¹⁶ 38²⁶ (also in P).—(Hebrew characters) (= 'beget'), 4¹⁸ 10^{8. 13. 15. 26} 22²³ 25³.—(Hebrew characters), 24^{23. 42. 49} 28¹⁶ 39^{4. 5. 8} 42² 43^{4. 7} 44^{19. 20. 26} 47^6b + (42¹ E?).—Derivatives of [root] (Hebrew characters), 3^{16. 16. 17} 5²⁹ 6⁶ 45^5a.—(Hebrew characters), 2²³ 18³² 29^{34. 35} 30^20b 46³⁰ +.—(Hebrew characters), (Hebrew characters) (for the younger of two brothers or sisters), 19^{31. 34. 35. 38} 25²³ 29²⁶ 43³³ 48¹⁴.—(Hebrew characters), 4²⁶ 12⁸ 13⁴ 21³³ 26²⁵ +.—(Hebrew characters), 18² [19¹] 24¹⁷ 29¹³ 33⁴.—(Hebrew characters), 12¹⁶ 16^{1. 5. 6. 8} 24³⁵ 30^{7. 10. 12. 43} 32^{6. 23} 33^{1. 2. 6.} (20¹⁴ 30¹⁸ R: also common in P); see on (Hebrew characters) below.—(Hebrew characters), 18¹⁶ 19²⁸ 26⁸ +.—(Hebrew characters) with following gen., 18⁴ 24^{17. 43} 43^{2. 11} 44²⁵.—Particles: (Hebrew characters), 3¹⁷ 8²¹ 12^{13. 16} 18{26 29. 31. 32} 21³⁰ 26²⁴ 27^{4. 10. 19. 31} 46³⁴.—(Hebrew characters), 18⁵ 19⁸ 33¹⁰ 38²⁶ +.—(Hebrew characters), 3¹¹ 4¹⁵ 19²¹ 38⁹ + (in E and P once each).—(Hebrew characters), in J about 40 times, in E about 6 times (in Gen.).

E: (Hebrew characters), 20¹⁷ 21^{10. 12. 13} 30³ 31³³ + (see (Hebrew characters) above).—(Hebrew characters) and (Hebrew characters) ('elder' and 'younger'), 29^{16. 18} 42^{13. 15. 20. 32. 34} (cf. 41^51f.).—(Hebrew characters), 45¹¹ 47¹² 50²¹.—(Hebrew characters), 29¹⁵ 31^{7. 41}.—A very characteristic idiom of E is the vocative (sometimes doubled: 22¹¹ 46², Ex. 3⁴, [1 Sa. 3⁴ G] +) with the answer (Hebrew characters): 22^{1. 7. 11} 27^{1b. 18} 31¹¹ 37¹³ 46² +.—E is further distinguished by a number of rare or archaic words or phrases: (Hebrew characters), 20¹² + Jos. 7²⁰; (Hebrew characters), 48¹⁶ +; (Hebrew characters), 30²⁰; (Hebrew characters), 21^{14. 15. 19} +; (Hebrew characters), 21¹⁶ +; (Hebrew characters) ('honest'), 42^{11. 19. 31. 33. 34}; (Hebrew characters), 31^{7. 41} +; (Hebrew characters), 21²³ (cf. Is. 14²², Jb. 18¹⁹ +); (Hebrew characters), 22⁹ +; (Hebrew characters), 48¹¹; (Hebrew characters), 40^8ff. 41^8ff. +; (Hebrew characters), 40^5ff. 41¹¹ +; (Hebrew characters), 41²³; (Hebrew characters), 33¹⁹ + Jos. 24³² [Jb. 42¹¹] +; by a partiality for rare infinitive forms (31²⁸ 46³ 50²⁰ 48¹¹ +), and the occasional use of long forms of the nominal suff. (21²⁹ [31⁶] 41²¹ 42³⁶).

The religious and theological conceptions of the two documents are in the main identical, though a certain difference of standpoint appears in one or two features. Both

1. The cross (+) means that the usage is continued in the other books of the Hex.