the feet of both sexes. They enclosed the heel and were fastened to the ankle by a thong that passed between the first and second toes (Gen. 14:23). Figure 1.2. Semites pictured in a painting found in the nineteenth-century BCE Egyptian tomb at Beni-Hasan Throughout the biblical period, men wore the kethoneth, a knee-length wool tunic with half sleeves. This was bound at the waist with a belt. A cloak or mantle (simlah) was also worn as protection against the sun and during storms. In the exodus