Excerpt from The Forest Trees of Britain

It is here worthy of notice that in Genesis rm. 6, the passage, which is in our version rendered The plain of Moreh, is in the Septuagint rendered The high Oak.1 It is not, therefore, improbable that this Oak, or grove of Oaks, was first consecrated to God by the priestly worship of Abraham, and retained its sacred character until at least the time of Abimelech.2 It must not be objected that the period is too long (nearly six hundred years) to assign as the duration' of one tree, for, as we Shall see hereafter, there is evidence of Oak-trees actually existing which have obtained nearly double that age.

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