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the necessity for taking Benjamin with them, to which Jacob replies with the resolute refusal of 43$38$ (cf. 44$29$). Then follows ($3ff.$) the more emphatic declaration of Judah, and his explanation of the circumstances out of which the inexorable demand had arisen (see We. Comp.$2$ 59 f.). 3-5. Judah's ultimatum. On the difference of representation from E, see p. 473 above.—6. The reproachful question is intelligible only on the understanding that Jacob has just heard for the first time that he must part with Benjamin.—7. according to the tenor, etc.] In accordance with the governor's leading questions.—8-10. Judah becomes responsible for Benjamin's safety (as in E Reuben, 42$37$).—9. I shall be a sinner, etc.] For the idea, cf. 1 Ki. 1$21$: guilt is measured not by the moral intention, but by the external consequences, of an action.—11-14. Jacob yields to the inevitable; but with characteristic shrewdness suggests measures that may somewhat ease the situation.—11. the produce of the land] its rarer products, as a token of homage. On , v.i.—On, , , see 37$25$.—honey] may here mean grape-syrup, the dibs of modern Syria (see Robinson, BR, ii. 81, iii. 381); but there seems no reason to depart from the usual OT sense of the word, viz., the honey of the wild-bee (see Kennedy's careful art. in EB, 2104 ff.).—pistachio-nuts (v.i.) are highly esteemed as a delicacy in Egypt and Syria, although the tree is said to be rarely found in Palestine (according to Rosen, ZDMG, xii. 502, not at all).—12.

3. ] followed by nom. sent., G-K. § 163 c.—Instead of, G has ].—5. ] G + .—10. ] 'in that case,' as 31$42$; see G-K. § 159 ee.—11. ] G , V optimis fructibus, T$O$, S. The meaning is obscure. The derivation from [root], 'praise' [in song] (VT$OJ$, Tu. al.) is perhaps too poetic to be natural, though it yields a good sense; that from [root], 'prune,' is hardly suitable (see Di.). DHMüller (in Ges. Hdwb.$10$ p. 983) connects with Aram. [Aramaic: **], 'admire': 'admirable products,'—practically the same idea as Tu. (On Ar. [d=]amara, [d=]imār [agreeing phonetically with Aram. and Heb.], v. Lane, 977 f.)—]. Almost certainly nuts of Pistacia vera, belonging to the terebinth family (hence G, so V), for which the Syr. name is (Aram. [Aramaic: **], Ar. buṭm, Ass. buṭnu); see BDB, s.v.—12. ] cf. , v.$15$; and see G-K. § 131 e, q.—] See Bä-Del.