The date comes from the palm trees. The palm trees mentioned in the Bible are date palms trees. They have a deep, water-seeking root systems and support long, slender trunks that culminate in circles of fanlike fronds that shade the fruit maturing beneath them. A full-grown date palm takes twenty years to mature and can be more than ninety feet tall, including the circle of fronds, which itself can be from seven to ten feet in diameter. Those living in…