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Objects

almonds

Almonds are Canaan's produce in Genesis; the lamp-stand's cups are shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 30:37

Tags

4

Genesis 30, 43Exodus 25GiftDwelling

Scripture references

  • Genesis 30:37

    Jacob then got fresh shoots from poplar, almond and plane trees, and peeled them in white strips, laying bare the white part of the shoots.

  • Genesis 43:11

    Then their father Israel said to them, 'If it must be so, then do this: take some of the country's best products in your baggage and take them to the man as a gift: some balsam, some honey, gum tragacanth, resin, pistachio nuts and almonds.

  • Exodus 25:33

    The first branch must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and petals; the second branch, too, must carry three cups shaped like almond blossoms, each with its calyx and bud, and similarly for all six branches springing from the lampstand.