man’s going in death and the return of the wind/spirit (see below). This thematic vocabulary runs throughout the book.5 The most conspicuous example occurs in 3:20, which anticipates the vocabulary of 12:5–7 and thereby serves as a central link with 1:3–11. It seems obvious that 12:7 and especially 3:20 allude to Genesis 3:19 (cf. also Gn. 2:7, 17; 3:3f., 23):6 (1:4) ‘A generation goes1 and a generation comes, But the earth2 remains for ever3.’ (1:6) ‘Blowing1 toward4 the south, Then turning1a