Objects
almonds
Almonds are among the best products of Canaan that Jacob sends as a gift to Joseph; almond shoots also appear in Jacob's flock-breeding ruse in Genesis 30.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 30:37
Tags
2
Genesis 30, 43Gift
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.