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Gourd (Qiquyon) (#81499)
Gourd (Qiquyon)
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From:
Concise Bible Dictionary: G
By:
George A. Morrish
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
Duration:
1min
Jonah 4:6‑10
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This was some gourd of rapid growth that afforded Jonah needed shelter (
Jonah 4:6-10
6
And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
9
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
10
Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: (Jonah 4:6‑10)
). The margin of the RV calls it the
Palma Christi
. Others identify it with the
Lagenaria vulgaris
, which is often seen in Palestine as affording shelter. It grows rapidly, but rapidly withers, as by the gnawing of its bark by a snail. Its fruit, emptied of seeds, is used for bottles.
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Lagenaria Vulgaris
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