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Genesis 43:11

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If it must be: Genesis 43:14; Esther 4:16; Acts 21:14

a little balm: Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 8:22; Ezekiel 27:15

balm: For an explanation of the words tzori, nechoth:, and lot:, here rendered respectively balm, spices, and myrrh, see note on Genesis 37:25. Devash:, honey, is supposed by some not to have been that produced by bees, but a syrup produced from ripe dates. The Jewish doctors observe, that the word in 2 Chronicles 31:5 signifies dates; and the Arabians, at this day, call the choicest dates preserved with butter, dabous:, and the honey obtained from them, dibs:, or dabs:. Benanim:, nuts signifies pistachio nuts, the finest thing found in Syria; but, according to the others, a small nut, the produce of a species of the turpentine tree. Shekaidim: is certainly almonds.

honey: Leviticus 20:24

spices: 1 Kings 10:15; Song of Solomon 4:10, Song of Solomon 4:14-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 8:14

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