Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 37:25 - 37:25

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Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 37:25 - 37:25


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they sat: Est 3:15; Psa 14:4; Pro 30:20; Amo 6:6

Ishmeelites: Gen 37:28, Gen 37:36, Gen 16:11-12, Gen 25:1-4, Gen 25:16-18, Gen 31:23; Psa 83:6

Gilead: Gen 31:21, Gen 43:11; Jer 8:22

spicery: Nechoth, is rendered by the LXX "incense;" Syriac, "resin;" Samaritan, "balsam;" Acquila, "storax;" which is followed by Bochart. This drug is abundant in Syria, and here Moses joins with it resin, honey, and myrrh; which agrees with the nature of the storax, which is the resin of a tree of the same name, of a reddish colour, and peculiarly pleasant fragrance.

balm: Tzeri, which in Arabic, as a verb, is to flow, seems to be a common name, as balm or balsam with us, for many of those oily, resinous substances, which flow spontaneously, or by incision, from various trees or plants; accordingly the ancients have generally interpreted it resin.

myrrh: Lot, is probably, as Junius, Deut. Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic ladan, Greek λαδανον, and Latin ladanum.