Bible Dictionary: Presents: Things Given as Food

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Genesis 43:11
And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
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1 Samuel 25:18
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
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1 Kings 14:3
And take with you ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child.
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Library

To those who Say that the Enjoyment of the Good Things we Look for ...
... whose end is death: for He Who presents ungrudgingly the ... to this tree another tree,
the food given by which ... in turn as fruit each of these things of opposite ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/xix to those who say.htm

Of the Worship of False Gods and the True God.
... brightness or vehement heat, and has given it so ... heaven"not that which consists of
corrupt things, but of ... which the mind of the worshipper presents itself as ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap ii of the worship of.htm

On the Fast of the Ten Month, viii.
... and withholds his inclinations from those things, which he ... to whom assuredly He could
have given the possessions ... which our Lord Jesus Christ presents, Who with ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xix on the fast.htm

Letter ccxi. (AD 423. )
... to whom these indulgences are not given ought to ... that, in regard to all those things
which supply wants ... to them by any other relationship, presents of clothing ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter ccxi a d 423.htm

The Food of the World
... Again, it presents a broad contrast to the wild, reckless ... of all saints, should this
grace be given, that we ... 'Who is sufficient for these things?' must ever ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the food of the world.htm

Jacob, a Prince of God.
... and that Esau would always love the things of this ... country, the younger daughter
could not be given in marriage ... again to meet Esau with great presents of flocks ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter v jacob a prince.htm

To Messer Ristoro Canigiani
... charity by very beautiful meditations, in which she presents the love ... a time I ask,
both contrition and other things, and they seem not to be given me?" I ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to messer ristoro canigiani.htm

How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It.
... of his benignity, that he had given such things ... The natural qualities of things
themselves demonstrate to ... all the beauty which spontaneously presents itself to ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/sergieff/on the christian life/chapter v how to use.htm

The Best Things Work for Good to the Godly
... Christ is praying for him; and He prays for three things. ... I will that those which
thou hast given me, be ... weeds, the sin of our prayer, and presents nothing but ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a divine cordial/the best things work for.htm

How to Use the Present Life, and the Comforts of It.
... of his benignity, that he had given such things ... The natural qualities of things
themselves demonstrate to ... all the beauty which spontaneously presents itself to ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 10 how to use.htm

Subtopics

Presents

Presents of Persons of Rank, of Great Value and Variety

Presents were Given by Kings to Each Other in Token of Inferiority

Presents were Given in Token of Friendship

Presents were Given: As Tribute

Presents were Given: At Marriages

Presents were Given: On all Occasions of Public Rejoicing

Presents were Given: On Occasions of Visits

Presents were Given: On Recovering from Sickness

Presents were Given: On Restoration to Prosperity

Presents were Given: On Sending Away Friends