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Credit: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China

License: CC0 1.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Leather Waterskin, Cave of the Letters, Judean Desert, 132-135 AD. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHistoryPics.com

 

Credit: Municipal Archives of Trondheim from Trondheim, Norway

License: CC BY 2.0

Credit URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org...

Comments: Waterskin. Photos taken by surgeon Inger Schulstad (1920 - 2010) on his way to or from duty at the Norwegian field hospital NORMASH in Korea 1952.

 

From Easton: Bottle - a vessel made of skins for holding wine (Joshua 9:4. Joshua 9:13; 1 Samuel 16:20; Matthew 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38), or milk (Judges 4:19), or water (Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:15, Genesis 21:19), or strong drink (Habakkuk 2:15).

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The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" (Job 38:37). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Psalms 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself.

Verses:

  • Genesis 21:14
  • Genesis 21:15
  • Genesis 21:19
  • Psalms 119:83
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​s/skin-of-water.html. 2024.
 
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