“But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?”
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, to go to be promoted over the trees? — The fig tree's refusal parallels the olive's. It values 'sweetness' (מְתַקִּי, metakki) and 'good fruit' (תְּנוּבָתִי, tenubati). Governing would cost these goods.
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