I am doing a children's story on smells in the bible. Does anyone know any stories which involve smelling?

Question

I am going to get the kids at church to smell all different smells and then I want to link it to a story in the bible involving smell. Any ideas which story I could use?

Answer 1

Smell played a very important part in the story of Jacob and Esau.

Isaac was the father of these two men, and Rebekah was the mother of these two. The story is as follows:

Jacob and Esau were twins, but the birthright went to the one who was technically born first. This was Esau, but the Bible tells us of Jacob trying to pull Esau, the "red child" back into the womb in order to obtain the birthright.

Esau basically sold his birthright to Jacob with this story involving smell-

As the boys grew up, Esau became a strong hunter, while Jacob stayed at home for the most part. Isaac preferred Esau because he enjoyed eating the animals brought to him to eat. One day, Esau saw Jacob making lentils, and he wanted some, but Jacob would only give some if Esau surrendered the birthright (you must understand that with a birthright, the land was divided into the number of sons, plus one. In this case, there were two sons, so the son with the birth right would get two out of three portions of the inheritance).

Time went on and Isaac was losing his sight. Knowing he was to die soon, he knew he had to give his final blessing. He sent Esau out to bring home his favorite meat (deer) and after eating it, would bestow his final blessing. Rebekah was a wise woman, and favoring Jacob, wanted HIM to get the blessing.

While Esau was hunting, she dressed Jacob in animal hide, which gave him the SCENT of Esau. She gave him meat for his father, who used his SMELL to know which son it was. He came closer to give a kiss to his son, and thought it was Esau by the smell.However, he was fooled into giving the final blessing and birth right to JACOB.

I'm sure there are other examples in the Bible, and the best way to find the locations is by using a Strong's Concordance. I don't have mine with me at the moment, or I would help you out a bit more.


Hope this was useful!

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Answer 2

The bible is full of them. Here are a few. Hope this helps. Also check out the different fragrances coming from the many oils and spices used for worship. Hope this helps. Good luck with you book.

Song of Solomon 1:3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens love you!

Song of Solomon 1:12 [ Beloved ] While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me."

Song of Solomon 7:13 The mandrakes send out their fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, both new and old, that I have stored up for you, my lover.

Isaiah 3:24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.

John 12:3 Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

Genesis 27:27 So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him and said, "Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

Exodus 7:21 The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt.

Daniel 3:27 and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.

Exodus 29:18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the LORD by fire.

Leviticus 1:9 He is to wash the inner parts and the legs with water, and the priest is to burn all of it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

Psalm 45:8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;
from palaces adorned with ivory
the music of the strings makes you glad.

Isaiah 3:24

Answer 3

It would be a stretch. Most of the smells people have given are the same that come to mind for me and the vast majority aren't exactly pleasant smells.

Answer 4

The last time I opened a bible, it stank of murder, destruction, slavery, genocide, rape and pillage, hallucinations, exaggerations and a whole bunch of false promises. Then there were the scientific inaccuracies (good old Galileo!) backed up with generalisations and inexactitudes.
On top of that, it was more than a little 'musty' with the hint of urine. It was a bible that I found in a hotel room. It may well still be there. Unopened since.
Don't fill the heads of innocent children with such garbage. It smacks of mental abuse.

Answer 5

No. But I'm reasonably sure that everything back in the Bible days smelled like camel dung!!!

Answer 6

Psalm 45:8 is what Jesus smells like.
Genesis 27:27 - Isaac says Jacob smells like a blessed field... probably meat....lol

Answer 7

There are a lot of smells found in The Book of Song of Solomon. In Song of Solomon there are verses that mention perfumes, fragrances, henna blossoms, fig tree blossoms, lily of the valleys, raisins, apples, myrrh, incense, spices, nard, saffron, calamus, cinnamon, aloes, honey, wine, milk,pomegranate, and cedar.

I hope this help.

Answer 8

Well, there is always the story of Lazarus where he died and Jesus told the people to roll away the stone and they said, " But he's been dead these many days and by now he stinks." Oh, and one of the prophets was commanded to cook with dung. And the woman who anointed Jesus feet with expensive perfumes, or oils. There's also H*** described as smelling of brimstone, which is sulfur.

Answer 9

The box of perfume Mary poured on Jesus feet, It smells like Cinnamon. You can take good spices out of your home that smells, they used spice to anoint the body of Christ.
We being dead to sin, when we praise God now, it goes up a sweet smell to him.
Mary's anointing Jesus feet and drying it with her hair.
Women of them days used Lemons and Oranges and flowers to take a bath in, they rubbed the skin of oranges on them as perfume. Olive oil was used as a base to all perfume. So do experiments at your house with oil and spice, and see what kinda smells you get.

Answer 10

Noahs Ark sounds good, but never have read the Bible I wouldn't know