'Straw' in the Bible
Again she said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in.”
So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
“You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, “Thus says Pharaoh, ‘I am not going to give you any straw.
You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.’”
So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw.
The taskmasters pressed them, saying, “Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw.”
There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people.”
So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks.”
Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge.
“Are they as straw before the wind,And like chaff which the storm carries away?
Also the cow and the bear will graze,Their young will lie down together,And the lion will eat straw like the ox.
For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain,And Moab will be trodden down in his placeAs straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile.
The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent’s food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain,” says the Lord.
“Therefore I will scatter them like drifting strawTo the desert wind.
The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?” declares the Lord.