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Canaan (50^1-14). He pacifies and reassures his brethren, who fear his vengeance now that their father is gone (^15-21). He dies in a good old age, after exacting an oath that his bones shall be carried up from Egypt when the time of deliverance comes (^22-26).

Sources.—49^28bβ-33 belongs to P, with the possible exceptions of ³² (a gloss), and the clause ^33aβ; note the reference to ch. 23 and the identical phraseology of the two passages; also the expressions (Hebrew characters), (Hebrew characters), (Hebrew characters) (bis).—In ch. 50, vv.^{12. 13} are from P (Machpelah, etc.: note also that the suff. in (Hebrew characters) refers back to 49³³). Vv.^{1-11. 14} are mainly J ((Hebrew characters), ²; (Hebrew characters), ⁴; (Hebrew characters), ⁸; (Hebrew characters), ¹¹: note the reference [^5f.] to Joseph's oath [47^29-31]); and ^15-26 E ((Hebrew characters), ^{19. 20. 24. 25}; (Hebrew characters), ²¹ [45¹¹ 47¹²]; (Hebrew characters) ¹⁹ [30²]): the resemblance to 45^{5. 7}; and the backward reference in Ex. 13¹⁹, Jos. 24³²). The analysis might stop here (Di. We. Dri. al.); but a variant in ¹⁰ (^{10b 10aβ}), and the double name of the place of burial suggest that there may be two accounts of the funeral (see KS. An. 242). Ho. Gu. Pro., however, seem to me to go too far in the attempt to establish a material difference of representation (e.g., that in E's account Joseph's brethren did not go up with him to the burial). Traces of J in ^15-26 are equally insignificant (see the notes).

28b-33. Jacob's charge to his sons.—28b[Greek: b]. The sequel to ^1a in P. Note the close formal parallel to 28¹ (P): And . . . called . . . and blessed . . . and charged . . . and said . . .—each with a special blessing] v.i.—29, 30. See on ch. 23.—31. Abraham and Sarah his wife] 25⁹ 23¹⁹. The burying-place of Isaac (35²⁹) is not elsewhere specified; and the burials of Rebekah and Leah are not recorded at all.—On the possibility that the notice of Rachel's burial (48⁷) stood here originally, see p. 504 f.—32. Probably a gloss (v.i.).—33. drew up his feet into the bed] The clause may have been inserted from J; cf. 48^2b.—As in the case of all the patriarchs except Joseph, the actual account of the death is left to P.

L. 1-14. The burial of Jacob.—1. The forms in which

29. (Hebrew characters)] G om.—(Hebrew characters)] Read (Hebrew characters) (cf. ³³): see on 25⁸.—30. For (Hebrew characters), G has simply (Hebrew characters), and for the following (Hebrew characters), (Hebrew characters).—31. (Hebrew characters)] G (Hebrew characters).—At the end of the v. Bu. would add (Hebrew characters) as P's original statement (ZATW, iii. 82).—32. The v. has no syntactic connexion with the preceding, the construction is cumbrous in the extreme, and the notice superfluous after ^30b. It should probably be deleted as a marginal variant to ^30b (so De. Gu.).—(Hebrew characters)] G (Hebrew characters).