nuts Summary and Overview

were among the presents Jacob sent into Egypt for the purpose of conciliating Joseph (Gen. 43:11). This was the fruit of the pistachio tree, which resembles the sumac. It is of the size of an olive. In Cant. 6:11 a different Hebrew word ('egoz), which means "walnuts," is used.

are mentioned among the good things of the things which the sons of Israel were to take as a present to Joseph in Egypt. #Ge 43:11| There can scarcely be a doubt that the Hebrew word, here denotes the fruit of the pistachio tree (Pistacia vera), for Syria and Israel have been long famous. In #So 6:11| a different Hebrew word is translated "nuts." In all probability it here refers to the walnut tree. According to Josephus the walnut tree was formerly common and grew most luxuriantly around the Lake of Gennesareth.

NUTS . Those mentioned in Gen 43:11 are doubtless pistachio-nuts, which were produced in Syria, but not in Egypt. The pistachio tree (Pistacia vera) resembles the sumac, to whose family it belongs. It is still cultivated in the Levant, and produces thin-shelled nuts resembling almonds, but smaller and with a green meat tasting like that of the walnut. Pistachio -Nuts. Another word translated "nuts" in Song 6:11 denotes what are known in our markets as "English walnuts," produced by a noble tree (Juglans regia) which is everywhere cultivated in the East.