¹¹ Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry them down as a present to the man: a little balm and a little honey, gum, resin, pistachio nuts, and almonds.^(A)

²⁵ Then they sat down to eat, and looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balm, and resin, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.^(A)

¹⁷ Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat from Minnith, millet,^[a] honey, oil, and balm.^(A)

⁷ Then Saul replied to the young man, “But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What have we?”^(A)

¹⁴ Since he would not be persuaded, we remained silent except to say, “The Lord’s will be done.”^(A)

¹⁵ The Rhodians^[a] traded with you; many coastlands were your own special markets; they brought you in payment ivory tusks and ebony.^(A)