Genesis 32:15
in Genesis 3230 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
thirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
KJV
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
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This verse in Genesis 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseTen bulls - The Syriac and Vulgate have twenty; but ten is a sufficient proportion to the forty kine. By all this we see that Jacob was led to make restitution for the injury he had done to his brother. Restitution for injuries done to man is essentially requisite if in our power. He who can and will not make restitution for the wrongs he has done, can have no claim even on the mercy of God.
This site's exposition
a gift for his brother Esau
on Genesis 32:13-15
The gift is counted out animal by animal, 200 female goats and 20 male goats, ewes, rams, camels, cows, bulls and donkeys. Jacob had taken the blessing at Genesis 27 wearing the skins of two young goats, and Clarke reads this drove as restitution for the wrong done to his brother. Henry notes that Jacob prayed first and then used means.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It was a present that he thought would be acceptable to Esau, who had traded so much in hunting wild beasts that perhaps he was but ill furnished with tame cattle with which to stock his new conquests.
Thirty milch camels with their colts,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
took . . . a present for Esau--Jacob combined active exertions with earnest prayer; and this teaches us that we must not depend upon the aid and interposition of God in such a way as to supersede the exercise of prudence and foresight. Superiors are always approached with presents, and the respect expressed is estimated by the quality and amount of the gift.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גְּמַלִּ֧ים | gemalim | camels | H1581 → | 54 times |
| מֵינִיק֛וֹת | meinikot | suckling | H3243 → | 33 times |
| וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם | uveneihem | and young their | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים | sheloshim | thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| פָּר֤וֹת | parot | cows | H6510 → | 26 times |
| אַרְבָּעִים֙ | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| וּפָרִ֣ים | ufarim | and bulls | H6499 → | |
| עֲשָׂרָ֔ה | ʾasarah | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
| אֲתֹנֹ֣ת | ʾatonot | female donkeys | H860 → | 34 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֔ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| וַעְיָרִ֖ם | va'yarim | and male donkeys | H5895 → | |
| עֲשָׂרָֽה׃ | ʾasarah | ten | H6235 → | 176 times |
גְּמַלִּ֧יםcamels
gemalimH1581 →54 times
מֵינִיק֛וֹתsuckling
meinikotH3243 →33 times
וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םand young their
uveneihemH1121 →4930 times
שְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםthirty
sheloshimH7970 →172 times
פָּר֤וֹתcows
parotH6510 →26 times
אַרְבָּעִים֙forty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
וּפָרִ֣יםand bulls
ufarimH6499 →
עֲשָׂרָ֔הten
ʾasarahH6235 →176 times
אֲתֹנֹ֣תfemale donkeys
ʾatonotH860 →34 times
עֶשְׂרִ֔יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
וַעְיָרִ֖םand male donkeys
va'yarimH5895 →
עֲשָׂרָֽה׃ten
ʾasarahH6235 →176 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.