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 | | Further, the number 10, with a greater or less degree of certainty, can be regarded as the basis for the construction of the pericopes: |
 | | In the Book of Genesis itself compare further the 10 members from Shem to Abraham (11:11-26), as also the pericopes 25:19-35:29; 37:2-50:26 (see III, 2, 8, 10 below), and the 10 nations in Genesis 15:19. |
 | | And just as in the cases cited, in almost every instance, there is to be found a further division into 5 X 2 or 2 X 5 (compare, e.g. |
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