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Bdellium
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Commonly supposed to mean the aromatic gum of a tree growing near the Persian gulf, etc. It is transparent, and bitter to the taste, yet very fragrant while burning. But the substance so called, whatever is was, is mentioned in connection with gold and gems; while gum is certainly not so remarkable a gift of nature as to deserve this classification, or as that the production of it should confer on Havilah a peculiar celebrity, Genesis 2:12 . Hence the opinion of the Jewish writers is not to be contemned, namely, that pearls are to be here understood, of which great quantities are found on the shores of the Persian gulf and in India, and which might not inaptly be compared with manna, as in Numbers 11:7 .
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Bdellium'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/b/bdellium.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Bdellium'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/b/bdellium.html. 1859.
