Nuts (pistachio & walnut)

The ‘nuts’ Jacob sent as part of a gift to Egypt’s vizier are usually identified as pistachios and walnuts, exotic enough that they signaled genuine wealth and goodwill. They traveled in the same caravan as balm, honey, myrrh, and spices — a basket curated to impress.

• “And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:”

  Genesis 43:11

• Grapes

  192 verses

• Fig

  55 verses

• Olive

  49 verses

• Dates (date honey)

  30 verses