Deuteronomy 33:24

The first clause should probably read, 'Blessed above sons be Asher.' Northern Galilee has always been distinguished for the cultivation of the olive. Jewish writers say, 'In Asher oil flows like a river': cp. Genesis 49:20. In ancient times this district was one of the main sources of the supply of olive oil (cp. 2 Chronicles 2:10), and even now great quantities are exported to Constantinople and elsewhere. The expression dip his foot in oil refers to the ancient custom of treading the olives to obtain the oil. Cp. Micah 6:15. Stone presses, however, were also used for this purpose. Remains of them are still to be seen in the neighbourhood of Tyre.