Genesis 32:14 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 32:14

200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

BSB

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ASV

two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

KJV

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams. And it seems this proportion of one he goat to ten she goats, and of one ram to ten ewes, is a proper one, and what has been so judged in other times and countries (x). (x) Varro de rustica, l. 2. c. 3. apud Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 43. col. 439. &c. 53. col. 648.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עִזִּ֣ים	'i.Zim	female goats	H5795 →
מָאתַ֔יִם	ma.Ta.yim	two hundred	H3967 →
וּתְיָשִׁ֖ים	u.te.ya.Shim	and male goats	H8495 →
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
רְחֵלִ֥ים	re.che.Lim	ewes	H7353 →
מָאתַ֖יִם	ma.Ta.yim	two hundred	H3967 →
וְאֵילִ֥ים	ve.'ei.Lim	and rams	H352 →
עֶשְׂרִֽים׃	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →

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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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 8:18
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:22
  The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 2:8
  For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
- Deuteronomy 7:8
  But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Psalms 127:1–2
  Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Deuteronomy 7:12
  If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
Through
Job 42:12
So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
leads to
- Job 8:7
  Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8
  The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- 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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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Genesis

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Genesis