ORIGIN OF THE VINE: THE FIRST VINEYARD Isaiah's parable or song of the vine could be compared to the original garden or type of vineyard found in Genesis 2:8-17. ... Solomon describes his beloved as "a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi" (Sol. 1:14). ... In both Solomon 2:15 and Jeremiah 31:5, the concept of vines is used synonymously with vineyard, suggesting that the metaphors involving vines have the same meaning as those involving vineyards. ...

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