cannot be said that these expressions were too vulgar and common-place, to be put in the mouth of Elohim in xvii or even in that of Abraham in xxiii. For in X the latter phrase is used in words addressed to the angel, xix. 19, and 2 in those addressed to Jehovah, xviii.27,30,31,32, &c.,—nay, in the words ascribed to Jehovah Himself, xiii.14, xv.5, xviii.21, &c.

35. We shall now, however, extend our list by including those formulæ, which occur from ten to twenty times in the nonElohistic parts of Genesis, but not even once in E.

*(i) Dạy, terem, 'not yet,' ii.5,5, xix. 4, xxiv. 15, 45, xxvii. 4,33, xxxvii.18, xli. 50, xlv.28.

*(ii) 'face of the ground,' ii.6, iv.14, vi.1,7, vii.4,23a, viii.8,13;

comp. 'families of the ground,' xii.3, xxviii.14; 'into this ground,' xxviii.15. *(iii) 'pleasant (good) of appearance,' 'good (evil) of form,' &c. ii.9, xii.11, xxiv. 16, xxix.17, xxxix.6, xli.2,3,4,4,18,19,21.

*(iv), levad, apart,' ii.18, xxi.28,29, xxvi.1, xxx.40, xxxii.16(17),24(25), xliii.32,32,32, xliv.20, xlvi.26, xlvii.26.

*(v) Dy, paham, 'time,' ii.23, xviii.32, xxvii.36, xxix.346,35o, xxx.20, xxxiii.3, xli.32, xliii.10, xlvi.30.

*(vi), hazav, 'leave, forsake,' ii.24, xxiv.27, xxviii.15, xxxix.6,12,13,15,18, xliv.22,22, 1.8.

*(vii) 'hearken to the voice of,' iii.8,10,17, iv.23, xvi.2, xxi.12,17,17, xxii.18, xxvi.5, xxvii.8,13,43, xxx.6", comp. iv.10, xlv.16.

'what is this?' 'what is this thou hast done?' what hast thou done?' *(viii) iii.13, iv.10, xii.18, xx.9, 10, xxvi. 10, xxvii.20, xxix.25, xxxi.26, xlii.28, xliv.15. *(ix) 'do this,' 'do this thing,' iii.14, xx.10, xxi.26, xxii.16, xxx.31, xxxiv. 14,19, xlii. 18, xliii.11, xlv.17,19.

*(x) 'curse,' iii. 14,17, iv.11, v.29, viii.21, ix.25, xii.3,3, xxvii.12,13,29,29, xlix.7. *(xi) Haya, bahăvur, 'because of,' iii.17, viii.21, xviii. 29,31,32, xxi.30, xxvi.24, xxvii.4,19, xlvi.34.

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*(xii) 'add to bear' bear again, 'add to give,' &c. iv.2,12, viii.10,12,21,21, xviii. 29, xxxvii.5,8, xxxviii.5,26, xliv.23, comp. xxv.1.

*(xiii) ♬ŋŋ, minkhah, 'offering,' iv.3,4,5, xxxii.13(14),18(19), 20(21), 21(22), xxxiii. 10, xliii. 11,15,25,26.

*(xiv) 'be kindled (viz. anger) to,' iv.5,6, xviii.30,32, xxx.2, xxxi. 35,36, xxxiv.7, xxxix.19, xliv.18, xlv.5.

*(xv) N❤ņ, khata, 'sin,' and its cognates, iv.7, xiii.13, xviii.20, xx.6,9,9, xxxi.36,39, xxxix.9, xl.1, xli.9, xlii.22, xliii.9, xliv.32, 1.17.

*(xvi) 177, harag, ‘slay,' iv.8,14,15,23,25, xii. 12, xxvi.7, xxvii. 41, 42, xxxiv.25,26, xxxvii. 20,26, xlix.6.

*(xvii) Di’♫ hayyom, 'this day,' iv.14, xxi.8,26, xxii.14, xxiv.12,42, xxv.31,33, XXX.32, xxxi.43,48, xxxix. 11, xl.7, xli.9, xlii.13,32, xlvii.23, 1.20.

*(xviii) ♬ņ, hikkah, 'smite,' iv.15, viii.21, xiv.5,7,15,17, xix.11, xxxii.8(9), 11(12), xxxiv.30, xxxvi.35o, xxxvii.21.

*(xix) "h", yalad, ‘beget,' iv.18,18,18,22, vi. 4, x.8,13,15,24, 24, 26, xxii.23, xxv.3. *(xx) yeled, 'lad,' yaledah, 'lass,' iv.23, xxi.8,14,15,16, xxx.26, xxxii.22(23), xxxiii. 1,2,2,5,5,6,7,13,14, xxxiv.4, xxxvii.30.

1.8.

*(xxi) ↳♫♫, hekhel, ‘begin,' iv.26, vi.1, ix.20, x.8, xi.6, xli.54, xliv.12;

comp. n, battekhillah, 'in the beginning,' xiii.3, xli.21, xliii.18,20. *(xxii) pД, rak, 'only,' vi.5, xiv.24, xix.8, xx.11, xxiv.8, xxvi. 29, xli. 40,xlvii. 22,26,

*(xxiii) 'find favour in the eyes of,' vi.8, xviii.3, xix.19, xxx.27, xxxii.5, xxxiii. 8,10,15, xxxiv.11, xxxix.4, xlvii. 25,29, 1.4, comp. xxxix.21.

*(xxiv) HD, sur, 'turn-aside,' viii.136, xix.2,3, xxx.32,35, xxxv.2, xxxviii.14,19, xli. 42, xlviii.17, xlix.10,

*(xxv) 'build (set-up, make) an altar,' viii.20, xii.7,8, xiii.4,18, xxii.9,9, xxvi. 25, xxxiii.20, xxxv.1,3,7.

*(xxvi) 'tent,' ix.21, xii.8, xiii.3,12,18, xviii. 1,6,9, xxiv.67, xxvi.25, xxxi.25,33, xxxiii.19, xxxv.21, comp. xxvi.17, xxxiii.18.

*(xxvii) in the land of his kindred,' xi.28, 'out of thy land and out of thy kindred,' xii.1, 'unto my land and unto my kindred,' xxiv.4, 'out of the land of my kindred,' xxiv.7, unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred,' xxxi.3, 'unto the land of thy kindred,' xxxi.13, 'to thy land and to thy kindred,' xxxii.9.

*(xxviii) 'my (thy, our, his, her) father's house,' xii. 1, xx.13, xxiv.7,23,38,40, xxviii.21, xxxi.14,30, xxxiv.19, xxxviii.11,11, xli.51, xlvi.31,31, xlvii.12, 1.8,22. *(xxix) 71, gadal, 'grow-great,' xii.2, xix.13,19, xxi.8,20, xxiv.35, xxv.27, xxvi.13, xxxviii.11,14, xli.40, xlviii. 19, 19.

*(xxx) 17?, kaved, 'be weighty,' and its cognates, xii.10, xiii.2, xviii.20, xxxi.1, xxxiv.19, xli.31, xliii.1, xlv.13, xlvii. 4,13, xlviii.10, xlix.6, 1.9,10,11.

*(xxxi) 'flocks and herds,' xii.16, xiii.5, xx. 14, xxi.27, xxiv. 35, xxxii.7(8), xxxiii. 13, xxxiv.28, xlv.10, xlvi.32, xlvii.1, 1.8, comp. xxvi.14, xxx.43, xxxii.5, xlvii.17. *(xxxii) ‘and he (they) called to (↳, lẽ),' xii.18, xix.5, xx.8,9, xxiv.58, xxvi.9, xxvii. 42, xxxi.4,54, xxxix.14, xlvi.33.

*(xxxiii) 'lift up the eyes and see,' xiii.10,14, xviii.2, xxii.4,13, xxiv.63,64, xxxi.10,12, xxxiii.1,5, xxxvii.25, xliii.29; comp. 'lift up the feet and go,' xxix.1'. *(xxxiv) 'go (go forth, come, rise, run) to meet,' xiv.17, xviii.2, xix.1, xxiv.17, 65,xxix. 13, xxx.16, xxxii.6(7), xxxiii.4,xlvi.29; comp. 'meet,' xv.10,xlii. 4,38,xlix.1. *(xxxv) 'in that day,'-'in that night,' xv.18, xxvi.32, xxx.35, xxxiii.16, xlviii. 20,-xix.33,35, xxx.16, xxxii.13,21,22.

*(xxxvi) 'lie with' carnally, xix.32,33,34,34,35, xxvi. 10, xxx.15,16, xxxiv.2,7, IXXV.22, xxxix.7,12,14.

*(xxxvii) 48, ulai, 'perhaps,' xvi.2, xviii. 24,28,29,30,31,32, xxiv.5,39, xxvii.12, xxxii.20(21), xliii.12.

*(xxxviii) Nia, bo, 'go-in,' used of sexual intercourse, xvi.4, xix.31,33, xxix.21,23,30, xxx.3,4, 16, xxxviii. 2,8,9,16,16,18.

*(xxxix), malach, angel, messenger,' xvi.7,9,10,11, xix.1,15, xxi.17, xxii. 11,15, xxiv.7,40, xxviii. 12, xxxi.11, xxxii.1(2),3(4),6(7), xlviii.16.

*(x1), ruts, 'run,' xviii.2,7, xxiv. 17,20,28,29, xxix. 12,13, xxxiii.4, xli. 14. *(xli), miher, 'hasten,' xviii.6,6,7, xix.22, xxiv. 18,20,46, xxvii.20, xli.32, xliii. 30, xliv.11, xlv.9,13.

*(xlii)

-D, im-lo, 'if not,' xviii.21, xxiv.8,21,38,41,49, xxvii.21, xxxiv.17, xxxvii.32, xlii,16,37.

*(xliii) 'mercy,' 'do mercy,' xix.19, xx. 13, xxi. 23, xxiv. 12, 14,27,49, xxxii. 10(11), xxxix.21, xl.14, xlvii.29, comp. 'mercy and truth,' xxiv.27,49, xxxii. 10, xlvii.29. *(xliv) 'lift-up the voice and weep,' xxi.16, xxvii.38, xxix.11, comp. xxxix.14 15,18, xlv.2;

'fall on the neck and weep,' xxxiii.4, xlv.14,14, xlvi.29,29, comp. xlv.15. *(xlv) Elohim (Jehovah) 'with thee,' 'with him,' &c. xxi.22, xxvi.3,24,28, xxviii. 15, 20, xxxi. 3,5,42, xxxv.3, xxxix.2,3,21,23, xlvi.4,4, xlviii.21, 1.24.

*(xlvi) 'swear,' xxi.23,24,31, xxii. 16, xxiv. 3,7,9,37, xxv. 33,33, xxvi.3,31, xxxi.53, xlvii.31,31, 1.5,6,24,25, comp. xiv.22; 'oath,' xxiv.8,41,41, xxvi.3,28.

*(xlvii), ahav, 'love,' xxii.2, xxiv.67, xxv.28,28, xxvii. 4,9,14, xxix.18,20, 30,324, xxxiv.3, xxxvii.3,4, xliv.20;

comp., sane, hate,' xxiv.60, xxvi.27, xxix.31,33, xxxvii.4,5,8.

*(xlviii) at his seeing,' at his hearing,' &c., xxiv.30,30, xxvii.34, xxix. 13, xxxiv.7, xxxviii. 29, xxxix. 10,13,15,19, xliv.30,31.

*(xlix), beged, 'vestment,' xxiv.53, xxvii. 15,27, xxviii.20, xxxvii. 29, xxxviii. 14,19, xxxix.12,12,13,15,16,18, xli.42.

*(1) Elohim of my (thy, his, your, their) father,' xxvi.24, xxviii. 13, xxxi.5,29, 42,53, xxxii. 9(10), xliii.23, xlvi.1,3, xlix.25, 1.17.

*(li) ‘kiss,' xxvii.26,27, xxix.11,13, xxxi.28,55, xxxiii.4, xli.40, xlv. 15, xlviii. 10, 1.1; comp. ' embrace,' xxix. 13, xxxiii.4, xlviii.10.

*(lii) 'bread':

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food, xxviii, 20, xxxi.54, xxxvii.25, xxxix.6, xlii.54,55, xliii.25, 31,32, xlvii. 13,15,17,17,19.

*(liii) 'steal,' xxx.33, xxxi.19,20,26,27,30,32,39, xl.15,15. xliv.8.

*(liv) 'see the face of,' xxxi.2,5, xxxii.20, xxxiii.10,10, xliii.3,5, xliv.23,26, xlvi.30, xlviii.11; comp. xxxii.30.

36. We may add also the following formule, which, though not occurring so frequently, are yet peculiar, and characterise the matter in X as distinct in respect of authorship from E.

*(i) ‘good and (or) evil,' ii.9,17, iii.5,22, xxiv.50, xxxi.24,29.

*(ii) 1797, hippared, 'be separated,' ii.10, x.5,32, xiii.9,11,14, xxv.23; comp. xxx.40.

(iii) thou (pron.) knowest,' 'ye (pron.) know,' &c. xviii.19, xx.6, xxx.26,29, xxxi.6, xliv.27; comp. xii.11, xxii.12.

*(iv) various adverbial phrases :

(a) 'Ah, bilti, 'except,' iii.11, iv.15, xix.21, xxi.26, xxxviii.9, xliii.3, xlvii.18;

(B) Ty, bahad, 'behind,' vii.16, xx.7,18, xxvi.8;

(7) jos, lemahan, 'in order that,' xii. 13, xviii. 19,19,24, xxvii.25, xxxvii. 22, 1.20; (8) ↳1a, biglal, ' for the sake of,' xii.13, xxx.27, xxxix. 5 ;

(e) 777-y, hal-devar, 'because of,' xii.17, xxii.16, xliii.18; (6) ya, bilhade, 'beside,' xiv.24, xli.16,44;

(7), khalilah, 'profane!' xviii. 25,25, xliv.7,17;

(0) nis-by, hal-odoth, 'on account of,' xxi.11,25, xxvi.32.

*(v) 'be greater than,' iv.13,xxxix.9 xli. 40, xlviii. 19, 'be more wonderful than,' xviii.14, 'be stronger than,' xxvi. 16, 'be less than,' xxxii.10.

*(vi) call upon the name of Jehovah,' iv.26, xii.8, xiii.4, xxi.33, xxvi.25. *(vii) DņĮ, nikhem, 'comfort,' v.29, vi.6,7,xxiv.67, xxvii.42, xxxvii. 35, xxxviii.12, 1.21.

*(viii) at thy going to' Gerar, x.19, to Sodom, x.19, to Sephar, x.30, to Zoar, xiii.10, to Asshur, xxv.18.

*(ix) 'Sodom and Gomorrah,' x.19, xiii.10, xiv.2,8,10,11, xviii. 20, xix.24,28. *(x) n‡ŋ, havah, 127, havu, ‘give-here!' xi.3,4,7, xxix.21, xxx.1°, xxxviii. 16, xlvii. 15,16.

*(xi) 'by thee shall all families of the ground be blessed,' xii.3, xxviii.14; 'by him shall all nations of the earth be blessed,' xviii.18;

'by thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed,' xxii. 18, xxvi.4; 'by thee shall Israel bless,' xlviii.20.

*(xii) 'pitch-tent,' 'move-tent,' xii.8, xiii.12o,18, xxvi.25, xxxi.25, xxxiii. 19, xxxv.21.

*(xiii) 'behold! I pray,' xii.11, xvi.2, xviii.27,31, xix.2,8,19,20, xxvii.2.

*(xiv) is not the whole land before thee?' xiii.9;

comp. 'my land is before thee,' xx.15;

'the land shall be before you,' xxxiv.10;

'the land is broad on both hands before them,' xxxiv.21;

'the land of Egypt is before thee,' xlvii.6.

*(x), al-na, 'let not, I pray,' xiii.8, xviii.3,30,32, xix.7,18, xxxiii.10, xlvii. 29.

*(xvi) ¡7, rèch, 87, reu, 'see!' xiii. 14, xxvii. 27, xxxi. 12,50, xxxix. 14, xli.41. *(xvii) ‘I will place thy seed as the dust of the earth, so that, if a man shall be able to count the dust of the earth, thy seed also shall be counted,' xiii.16;

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'tell the stars, if thou art able to count them . . . so shall thy seed be,'
xv.5;
'I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be counted for
multitude,' xvi.10;

'I will surely multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is on the lip of the sea,' xxii.17;

'I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven,' xxvi.4 ;

'I will multiply thy seed,' xxvi.24;

'thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,' xxviii.14;

'I will place thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted for multitude,' xxxii.12;

' and they shall swarm-as-fish for multitude,' xlviii.16.

*(xviii) 'fear not,' xv.1, xxi.17, xxvi. 24, xxxv. 17, xliii.23, xlvi.3, 1.19,21.

*(xix) cut a covenant,' xv. 18, xxi.27,32, xxvi. 28, xxxi.44.

*(xx) bow to the earth,'-' bow with the face to the earth,' xviii. 2, xxiv.52, xxxiii.3, xxxvii. 10, xliii.26,-xix.1, xlii.6, xlviii. 12.

*(xxi) 'if, I pray, I have found favour in thine eyes,' xviii.3, xxx.27, xxxiii. 10, xlvii. 29, 1.4.

*(xxii) ‘a little water,' xviii.4, xxiv.17,43, ‘a little food,' xliii.2, xliv.25, ‘a little balm, a little honey,' xliii.11.

*(xxiii) according to (this word) these words,' xviii.25, xxiv.28, xxxii.19, xxxix. 17,19, xliv.7, comp. xxx.34, xliii.7, xliv. 10, xlvii.30.

*(xxiv) 'rise-early in the morning,' xix.27, xx.8, xxi.14, xxii.3,xxvi.31, xxviii. 18, xxxi.55, comp. xxiv.54.

*(xxv) unto this day,' xix.37,38, xxvi.33, xxxii.32, xxxv.20o, xlvii.26, xlviii.15. (xxvi) 'behold, I die (thou diest)!' xx.3, xlviii.21, 1.5, comp. xxx.1o, 1.24. *(xxvii) ‘and it came to pass after these things,' xxii.1,20, xxxix.7, xl.1, xlviii. 1, comp. xv.1.

*(xxviii) 'and it was told to' Abraham, xxii. 20, to Rebekah, xxvii.42, to Laban, xxxi.22, to Tamar, xxxviii. 13, to Judah, xxxviii. 24, comp. xlviii.2.

*(xxix) vņ, hikkir, 'discern,' xxvii.23, xxxi.32, xxxvii.32,33, xxxviii. 25,26, xlii. 7,7,8,8.

*(xxx) ❤, taph, 'little-ones,' xxxiv.29, xliii.8, xlv.19, xlvi.5, xlvii.12,24, 1.8,21. *(xxxi) 'live and not die,' xlii.2, xliii.8, xlvii.19.