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omits and reads  for, and  for .—] The name of Ephron's father in 23$8$.—the son of the Canaanitess] representing a clan of notoriously impure stock.—11. (= Ex. 6$16$).—12. As Nu. 26$20f.$.—The note on the death of Er and Onan is an interpolation (see above).—] (see on v.$9$) was a town in Judah (Jos. 15$25$).—] [E] ; G .—13. (= Nu. 26$2$3f.).—] Cf. the judge of the same name, son of, of the tribe of Issachar (Ju. 10$1$).—] [E]S , as 1 Ch. 7$1$, Ju. 10$1$.—] [E] and G ([] read as Nu. 26: Wi. connects with Yašub-ilu under the 1st Babylonian dynasty (GI, ii. 68$3$).—14. (Nu. 26$26$).— a Zebulunite judge in Ju. 12$11$.—15. and are glosses.

16-18. The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): seven sons of Gad ($16$), four sons, one daughter, and two grandsons of Asher ($17$): sixteen in all ($18$).

16. (As Nu. 26$15ff.$, with textual differences).—] [E]G, as Nu. 26$15$.—] [E], G , stands for in Nu. 26$15$.—17., a variant of the following (?), does not appear in Nu. 26$44f.$.—The two grandsons and  have been connected with the Ḫabiri and the (chief) Milkili of the Amarna Tablets (Jast. JBL, xi. 120).

19-22. The sons of Rachel: two of Joseph ($20$) and ten of Benjamin ($21$), in all fourteen.

20. ] G +. But the rel. cl. — was probably added by the glossator, in which case the of G is superfluous.—G adds, in partial agreement with Nu. 26$29ff.$, five names as sons and grandsons of Manasseh and Ephraim.—21. In G only the first three names are sons of Benjamin, the next six being sons, and the last a grandson, of Bela'. Still another grouping is found in Nu. 26$38-40$.—] (G [Greek: **): cf. Sheba' the Bichrite in 2 Sa. 20$1$: in Nu. 26 is an Ephraimite.—] omitted in Nu. 26, is the clan of Ehud (Ju. 3$15$) and Shimei (2 Sa. 16$5$).—For the two names, Nu. 26$38f.$ has, for , or , and for , (see Gray, HPN. 35).— and  are sons of  in Nu. 26$40$.—22. ] MSS [E]G.

23-25. The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's maid): one of Dan ($23$, in spite of ), and four of Naphtali ($24$): seven in all.

23. ] So Nu. 26$42$, where for we find .—24. (as Nu. 26$48f.$).—] [E] (as 1 Ch. 7$13$), G.

26, 27. The final summations.

The original computation (70 = 33 + 16 + 14 + 7) included Er and Onan, but excluded Dinah and Jacob. The secondary figure 66 (= 32 + 16 + 11 + 7) excludes Er and Onan, and Joseph and his two sons, but includes Dinah. To make up the original 70 it was necessary to reckon not only the family of Joseph (3), but Jacob himself.—G, with its 5 additional