דבשׁ debash — “honey,” from the bee, or syrup from the juice of the grape. בטנים boṭen — “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd —…

The best fruits. The Hebrew term is the song, that is, whatever in the land is most celebrated in song.

In…

Take of the best fruits. Though the fruits which Moses enumerates were, for the most part, not very precious, because the condition of hol…

And their father said to them
Being in some measure convinced by their reasonings, and in part at least reconciled t…

Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in this time of scarcity, a little must be enough. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with …