You may recall that Jacob’s young son Joseph was sold to Ishmaelite traders who were “coming from Gilead, and their camels were carrying labdanum and balsam and resinous bark, on their way to take it down to Egypt. ”
प्राचीन काळांत धूप, सर्वांच्या आवडीचे आणि मौल्यवान वस्तू असल्यामुळे, धुपासाठी लागणारे जिन्‍नस, व्यापाराच्या प्रमुख वस्तू बनून गेल्या.