Gen 37:25, Jer 8:22, Eze 27:15 | TSK | STEP | they sat. Ishmeelites. Gilead. 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}.

Genesis 37:25

they sat.

Ishmeelites.

28,36; 16:11,12; 25:1-4,16-18; 31:23; Ps 83:6

Gilead.

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}.

Jeremiah 8:22

no balm.

46:11; 51:8; Ge 37:25; 43:11

no physician.

Mt 9:11,12; Lu 5:31,32; 8:43

why.

30:12-17

recovered. Heb. gone up.

Isa 1:5,6

Ezekiel 27:15

Dedan.

20; Ge 10:7; 25:3; 1Ch 1:9,32; Jer 25:23; 49:8

of ivory.

1Ki 10:22; Re 18:12