Objects — T

tamarisk

Abraham planted a tamarisk at Beersheba after swearing the covenant oath.

tambourine

Tambourines appear in Laban's lament that Jacob fled without the music of tambourines and harps.

tent

Abraham's tent marks his journeys in Canaan; Jacob pitches his tent in the hills when Laban overtakes him at Mount Gilead.

tenth

Abram gave a tenth to Melchizedek; Jacob vows to pay a tenth of everything God gives him at Bethel.

thigh

The thigh appears in Abraham's oath ritual and in the hip-socket strike during Jacob's wrestling at Peniel, origin of the Israelite dietary restriction on the thigh sinew.

tomb

The Hittites offer Abraham use of their tombs for Sarah's burial.

torch

A flaming torch appears with a smoking firepot in Abram's covenant vision.

tower

The tower in Genesis 11 was built as part of Babel, with its top intended to reach heaven.

tree-of-knowledge

The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the forbidden tree in Eden.

tree-of-life

The tree of life stands in Eden and is later guarded after humanity's expulsion.

trees

Trees within the Machpelah field boundaries are included in Abraham's purchase; Jacob peels poplar, almond, and plane shoots in Genesis 30, and in Genesis 35 buries foreign gods and Deborah under the oak near Bethel.

trough

The trough is where animals drink and, in Genesis 30, where Jacob places peeled shoots so mating produces speckled and spotted offspring.

tunic-of-skins

Skin garments appear after the fall and again when Rebekah covers Jacob's smooth skin with kids' skins to deceive Isaac.

turtledove

A turtledove is one of the birds brought by Abram for the covenant ritual.