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 Minæan inscrs. along with (Egypt),, 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.).—] The personal name  (as also ) 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 with  in 4$22$ is suggested.—4. Five sons of Midian.— is named along with Midian in Is. 60$6$ as a trading tribe. It has been identified with the Ḫayapa (= ?) mentioned by Tiglath-pileser and Sargon, along with some 6 other rebellious Arab tribes (KIB, ii. 21, 43): see Del. Par. 304, KAT$3$, 58.—With, Wetzst. compares the modern 'Ofr (Di.); Glaser (449), Ass. Apparu (KIB, ii. 223).—] Perhaps Hanākiya near 'Ofr (Kn.-Di.).—It is noteworthy that these three names—, 1 Ch. 2$46f.$;, 1 Ch. 4$17$ 5$24$;, Gn. 46$9$, Ex. 6$14$, Nu. 26$5$, 1 Ch. 5$3$—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.).— ('Abî-yada'a) and (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 24$36$.—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 16$3$ Hagar is even called. 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. 11$2$.—eastward to the land of Ḳedem] the Syro-Arabian desert.

So we must render, unless (with Gu.) we are to take the two phrases and as variants. But in OT is often a definite geographical expression, denoting the region E and SE of the Dead Sea (cf. 29$1$, Nu. 23$7$, Ju. 6$3. 33$ 7$12$ 8$10$, Is. 11$14$, Jer. 49$28$, Ezk. 25$4. 10$, Jb. 1$3$); 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 ): 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 23$20$ in P. Note the characteristic phrases:, $7$; , $8$; , $11a$; the chronology $7$, the reminiscences of ch. 23, and the backward reference in 49$31$.—$11b$ belongs to J.

5 end] [E] G S + .—6. (see on 22$24$) is used of  in 35$22$.—] G.