No one named Hazel appears in the Bible. The name comes from the English word for the hazel tree and its light brown color, and it was first given to girls in the 19th century. The tree appears once, in the King James Version of Genesis 30:37, where modern translations read “almond.” Is hazel mentioned in the Bible? Only as a tree, and only in some translations. The verse comes from the story of Jacob’s years working for his uncle…

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