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.