Gen. 37:25

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they sat.

Esth 3:15; Ps 14:4; Prov 30:20; Amos 6:6

Ishmeelites.

Gen 37:28; Gen 37:36; Gen 16:11; Gen 16:12; Gen 25:1-4; Gen 25:16-18; Gen 31:23; Ps 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, De Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic {ladan}, Greek [ladanon,] and Latin {ladanum}.