Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



Then they sat down to eat their meal. When they looked up, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead [east of the Jordan], with their camels bearing ladanum resin [for perfume] and balm and myrrh, going on their way to carry the cargo down to Egypt. Verse ConceptsBalmsCaravansHerbs And SpicesMoney, Uses OfMyrrhPerfumeTradeTravelCamelsCommercePeople EatingSitting In Fellowship


“I have spread my couch with coverings and cushions of tapestry,
With colored fine linen of Egypt.
Verse ConceptsClothBedsLinenTapestriesGuest Rooms

Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph [as a slave] to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain of the [royal] guard. Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsExecutionersCommerce

Solomon's horses were brought out of Egypt, and the king's merchants received them in droves, each at a price. A chariot could be brought out of Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150. And so to all the kings of the Hittites and of Syria they were exported by the king's merchants.


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing

And [the people of] all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the [known] earth. Verse ConceptsBuying and sellingMoney, Uses Of


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing

Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue, and the king’s merchants acquired them from Kue, for a price. Verse ConceptsCommerce


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing


“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);
Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].
Verse ConceptsBanners, Literal UseembroideryLinenColors, BlueBlue ClothPurple ClothFlagssailing


Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;
They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,
Nor spread out the sail.
Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;
Even the lame will take the plunder.
Verse ConceptsShipsDividing The Spoil

They have made all your planks and boards of fir trees from Senir [a peak of Mount Hermon]; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your deck and benches of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory. Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be an ensign for you; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor] was the [ship's] awning which covered you.