Straw

Uses of straw

As animal bedding and fodder

Genesis 24:32 See also Genesis 24:22–25; Judges 19:16–19; 1 Kings 4:27–28; Isaiah 11:7, Isaiah 65:25

So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.

In brickmaking

Exodus 5:6–7 See also Exodus 5:10–13, Exodus 5:15–18

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen: “You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

The lightness and fragility of straw

Job 21:18 See also Job 41:26–29; Isaiah 5:24

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Straw is of little value

Isaiah 33:11 See also Isaiah 25:10; Jeremiah 23:28; 1 Corinthians 3:10–15

You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.