Objects
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.
Category
Objects
First mention
Genesis 23:17
Tags
2
Genesis 23, 30, 35Property boundary
Scripture references
- Genesis 23:17
and all the trees anywhere within the boundaries of the field
- 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 35:4
They gave Jacob all the foreign gods in their possession, and the earrings that they were wearing. Jacob buried them under the oak tree near Shechem.
- Genesis 35:8
Deborah, who had been Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried below Bethel, under the oak tree; so they named it the Oak of Tears.