Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail, serving as your banner; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was your awning.
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, goats' hair,
The workers in combed flax will be in despair, and the weavers of white cotton.
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egyptian linen;
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders received them from Kue at a price.
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