Thematic Bible: Exported spices
Thematic Bible
Gilead » Exported spices » Balm » myrrh
As they sat down to eat, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying the materials for cosmetics, medicine, and embalming. They were on their way to take them to Egypt.
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician (healer) there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
Go to Gilead, and get medicine, dear people of Egypt. You have used many medicines without results and cannot be cured.