E (Hupf., We. Comp.2 61 f., Dri. al.), but the evidences of double recension
are too numerous to be overlooked. (See Budde, ZATW, iii. 56ff.)
Thus, while (
Hebrew characters), 2a, and (Hebrew characters), 9. 11. 15. 20f., and (Hebrew characters), 22, point to E, (Hebrew characters),
2b. 8. 10f. 13f. 21, and (Hebrew characters), 14, point to J. A clue to the analysis is supplied
by (a) the double presentation of Manasseh and Ephraim, 10b 13 ((Hebrew characters));
and (b) the obvious intrusion of 15. 16 between 14 and 17. 13. 14. 17-19 hang
together and are from J; 15 links on to 12, and 13f. presuppose 10a. Taking
note of the finer criteria, the analysis works out somewhat as follows:
E = 1. 2. 8. 9. 10b. 11. 12. 15. 16. 20a[Greek: bg]b. 21. 22; J = 2b (?). 10a. 13. 14. 17-19. 20a[Greek: a] (to (Hebrew characters));—deleting
(Hebrew characters) in 2b (?). 8. 11. 21 as a redactional explication. So in general
Di. KS. Ho. Gu.; also Pro., who, however, places 21. 22 before 7 in E's
narrative.—The source of 7 is difficult to determine; usually it has been
assigned to P or R, but by Gu. and Pro. to E (see the notes).
28-31. Joseph promises to bury Jacob in Canaan.—28
(P). Jacob's age at the time of his death; cf. 479.—29-31
(J). Comp. the parallel in P, 4929-32.—29. On the form of
oath, see on 242.—30. lie with my fathers] i.e., in She'ôl
(see on 258); cf. Dt. 3116, 1 Ki. 210 etc.—in their burying-place]
But in 505 (also J) Jacob speaks of "my grave which
I have digged for myself." The latter is no doubt the
original tradition, and the text here must have been modified
in accordance with the theory of P 4930f. (We.).—31. bowed over the head of the bed] An act of worship, expressing
gratitude to God for the fulfilment of his last wish (cf. 1 Ki.
147). Ho.'s conjecture (based on 1 Sa. 1913), that there was
an image at the top of the bed, is a possible, though precarious,
explanation of the origin of the custom. The
mistaken rendering of G (v.i.) may have arisen from the
fact that the oath over the staff was an Egyptian formality
(Spiegelberg, Recueil des Travaux, xxv. 184 ff.; cf. EB,
47791; Sayce, Contemp. Rev., Aug. 1907, 260).
XLVIII. Adoption and blessing of Joseph's two sons.—1, 2. The introduction to all that follows: from
[Footnote: 29. (Hebrew characters)—(Hebrew characters)] Cf. Dt. 3114 (J), 1 Ki. 21.—30. (Hebrew characters)] must be taken as
protasis to (Hebrew characters) (Str. Ho. Gu. al.).—(Hebrew characters)] Kit. (Hebrew characters), to resolve the
contradiction spoken of supra. But where intentional manipulation of the
text is to be suspected, small emendations are of little avail.—31. (Hebrew characters)] G
[Greek: tês rhabdou autou], S (Syriac characters) (= (Hebrew characters)); cf. Heb. 1121. Other Vns. follow
MT, which is undoubtedly right: see 482 4933.
1. (Hebrew characters)] So 1 Sa. 164 1922. The pl. (Hebrew characters) is more usual in such cases
(G-K. § 144 d2): we might also point as Niph. (Hebrew characters) (Jos. 22).—At end of
v. add with G (Hebrew characters).—2. (Hebrew characters)] Better (Hebrew characters).—2b is usually assigned]
