CROSSWORD 871

ACROSS

8 Jacob’s ninth son - devastated as I crash (Gen. 30:18) (8)

9 Jacob’s wife right left and centre hurt (Gen.. 29:6) (6)

10 Boat-builder’s unhelpful response to GP’s request? (Gen. 5:32) (4)

11 Cockneys have confidence in gardeners (Gen. 3:21) (4,3,3)

12 Beer UN brewed for Jacob’s son (Gen. 29:32) (6) 14 Unruly Pathan left one son of Jacob (Gen. 30:8) (8)

16 Ahaziah’s son, the future king (uncontracted version) (2 Kings 11:2) (7)

18 Joseph’s Egyptian wife (Gen. 41:45) (7)

21 Cupbearer with female backing - possibly I am he (Neh. 1:1) (8)

23 Moses’s sister to edge up before one in the morning (Num. 12:1) (6)

25 Realise it’s about Jacob’s descendents (10)

27 Girl married one of Arkwright’s sons (Gen. 6:10) (4)

28 A Naamathite (Job 2:11) (6)

29 Biblical fireman gone wrong after lying (Dan. 3:12) (8)

DOWN

1 On land, getting a hero’s treatment (6)

2 West Country city in need of a plug? (4)

3 Halachic prohibition of wool and linen together (Hebrew- variant spelling) (8)

4 Admits a new rabbi could make inroads (7)

5 Very gently put paper inside electronic device (6)

6 Among three notes, one is sharp (4)

7 Clever at manipulating sausage (8)

13 Agent, not quite penniless (5)

15 He sings a note, say (5)

17 I bumped in Ralph Waldo coming out (8)

19 Sees term differently, but really it’s the same (8)

20 Gossip over French water, in bottling-premises (7)

22 The unemployed perpetrate devilries - I’ve kept clear (6)

24 Retaliate in Cuxhaven, Germany (6)

26 He follows the account, showing pain (4)

27 Decline to use it in the kitchen, perhaps (4)