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Objects

trees

Trees within the Machpelah field are included in Abraham's purchase; at Elim there are seventy palm trees beside twelve springs where Israel camps.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 23:17

Tags

3

Genesis 23, 30, 35Exodus 15Property 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.

  • Exodus 15:27

    So they came to Elim where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees; and there they pitched camp beside the water.