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Offers an olive branch
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I've Heard That All My Life!
Familiar Expressions from the Bible
Expression: Offers an olive branch
Location: Genesis 8:11
Verse: And the dove came in [back] to him [Noah] in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth [beak] was an olive leaf [branch] plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated [receded] from off the earth.
During the Persian Gulf crisis in 1990-1991, a headline on the morning newspaper read: "President Bush Offers Olive Branch."
Location: Genesis 8:11
Verse: And the dove came in [back] to him [Noah] in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth [beak] was an olive leaf [branch] plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated [receded] from off the earth.
During the Persian Gulf crisis in 1990-1991, a headline on the morning newspaper read: "President Bush Offers Olive Branch."