Objects — C

calf

Abraham prepared a tender calf as part of his hospitality at the Oak of Mamre.

camel

Camels carry Abraham's servant to Nahor's city, bear Jacob's household in flight from Paddan-Aram, and mark his wealth.

cattle

Cattle mark pastoral wealth, appear among Jacob's gifts to Esau, are seized at Shechem in Genesis 34, and appear as the seven sleek and seven lean cows in Pharaoh's dream in Genesis 41.

cave

The cave of Machpelah is purchased by Abraham as Sarah's burial place.

chariot

Pharaoh has Joseph ride in the second-best chariot as a sign of Joseph's elevation as governor of Egypt in Genesis 41.

circumcision

Circumcision is the sign of God's covenant with Abraham; in Genesis 34 Jacob's sons demand it of Shechem's men as a ruse before their revenge.

cloak

A cloak covers Noah's nakedness and describes Esau's hairy appearance at birth.

clothes

Clothes appear as gifts in the Rebekah narrative, as Esau's garments used to disguise Jacob, as Tamar's widow's garments in Genesis 38, when Joseph changes clothes before Pharaoh in Genesis 41, and when Joseph gives his brothers new clothes in Genesis 45.

copper

Copper is listed among metals worked by Tubal-Cain in Genesis 4.

cord

Judah's cord is one of the personal items Tamar keeps as a pledge when he sleeps with her at Enaim in Genesis 38.

cornelian

A precious stone name used in biblical material lists and adornment imagery.

cubit

The ark's dimensions are given in cubits in Noah's construction instructions.

cup

Pharaoh's cup appears in the chief cup-bearer's prison dream in Genesis 40; in Genesis 44 Joseph plants his own silver cup in Benjamin's sack to test his brothers.

curds

Curds were served with milk and calf in Abraham's meal for the visitors.