Gen 37:25 | TSK | e4.org | 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, Deut. Dieu, Celsius, and Ursinus contend, the same as the Arabic ladan , Greek λαδανον , and Latin ladanum .

‏ Genesis 37:25

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

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

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.