the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Watermelon
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Credit: Len Worthington
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Comments: Water Melon Pattaya Chonburi Thailand
Credit: Giovanni Stanchi Dei Fiori
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Comments: Watermelon (an old cultivar) as depicted in a 17th-century painting, oil on canvas, by Giovanni Stanchi
Credit: Prathyush Thomas
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Comments: Watermelon cross
Watermelon. Citrullus lanatus. אבטיח ’ăḇaṭṭiḥ - Strongs: H20.
From ISBE: Melons - mel'-unz (`abhattichim; compare Arabic battikh, the "water melon"; pepones): In Numbers 11:5, the melon is referred to as common in Egypt, and there can be no doubt that the variety indicated is the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) which is indigenous in tropical Africa. It has been cultivated in Egypt since the earliest times.
Verses:
- Numbers 11:5
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