Genesis 13:2
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
BSB
ASV
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
KJV
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Abram was very rich - The property of these patriarchal times did not consist in flocks only, but also in silver and gold; and in all these respects Abram was דבד מאד cabed meod, exceeding rich. Josephus says that a part of this property was acquired by teaching the Egyptians arts and sciences. Thus did God fulfill his promises to him, by protecting and giving him a great profusion of temporal blessings, which were to him signs and pledges of spiritual things.
Yet many fanatics repel rich men from the hope of salvation; as if poverty were the only gate of heaven; which yet, sometimes, involves men in more hindrances than riches. But Augustine wisely teaches us, that the rich and poor are collected together in the same inheritance of life; because poor Lazarus was received into the bosom of rich Abraham.
There is a burden of care in getting them, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account, at last, to be given up concerning them. Great possessions do but make men heavy and unwieldy. Abram was not only rich in faith and good works, and in the promises, but he was rich in cattle, and in silver and gold.
An Arab sheik is considered rich who has a hundred or two hundred tents, from sixty to a hundred camels, a thousand sheep and goats respectively. And Abram being very rich, must have far exceeded that amount of pastoral property. "Gold and silver" being rare among these peoples, his probably arose from the sale of his produce in Egypt.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Proverbs 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
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He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
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Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
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Genesis 24:35“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
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By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.