Edible Seeds and Nuts

When He spoke the trees began to make their seeds for new seedlings.

I think that pistachios and almonds are one of God’s creations most people like to eat or use in other food such as baking recipes, on top of salads and ice cream, or just eating them by themselves. I was a little curious about how many different edible nuts there were in the world. And here’s a list that I was able to find, There seems to be 53 edible nuts that we know of. (List Located at Bottom of Page)

It’s amazing that the same nuts that were used thousands of years ago still have the same name. It’s obvious that they must be good for you as a healthy food. If we ate more things like this we may stay a little bit healthier.

There must have been a lot of trees that grew these two kinds of nuts. I was able to only find verses about pistachios and almonds but that does not mean their were not more types of nuts in other areas of the world. As the list above shows there are many nuts that can be eaten. For the purpose of this post the subject is about nuts that were talked about in the Bible. I do all I can to find scripture to show you that God created so many things, we just don’t think about them as being a creation.

I wonder how they used these two types of nuts. Maybe a King sitting lounging on some big pillows eating them from a bowl designed of gold. Or maybe someone just walking past a tree that has some ripe nuts and pulls a few off and cracks them open to eat as they walk. Use your imagination to see if you can come up with something similar. People are basically the same no matter what time period they lived in. We could eat healthier and just maybe live longer.

Genesis 43:11 (NKJV)
11. And their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man—a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

Exodus 37:19-20 (NKJV)
19. There were three bowls made like almond blossoms on one branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower, and three bowls made like almond blossoms on the other branch, with an ornamental knob and a flower—and so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.
20. And on the lampstand itself were four bowls made like almond blossoms, each with its ornamental knob and flower.

Numbers 17:8 (NKJV)
8. Now it came to pass on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of witness, and behold, the rod of Aaron, of the house of Levi, had sprouted and put forth buds, had produced blossoms and yielded ripe almonds.

Jeremiah 1:11 (NKJV)
11. Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?”
And I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”

1. acorn

2. akee
3. almond
4. beechnut
5. betel
6. black walnuts
7. brazil nut
8. butternut
9. cacao
10. calabash
11. candlenut
12. cashew
13. chestnuts
14. chinese chestnut
15. clurbita ficifolia
16. coconut
17. colocynth
18. english walnut
19. filbert
20. genuip
21. gevuina awellana
22. ginkgo
23. guarana
24. hazelnut
25. hickory
26. horse-chesnut
27. Illipe
28. java
29. kola nut
30. lychee
31. macadamia
32. malabar chestnut
33. mamoncillo
34. mangosteens
35. maya nut
36. momgongo
37. monkey
38. nutmeg
39. oak acorns
40. ogbono nut
41. pandanus
42. paradise nut
43. peanut
44. pecan
45. pili nut
46. pine
47. pistachip
48. sandalwood
49. shagbark hickory
50. sunflower
51. sweet chestnut
52. sy
53. walnut