KJV King James Version
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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Genesis 30:43
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
WEB World English Bible
The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
ASV American Standard Version
And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּפְרֹ֥ץH6555 · pa.ratsto break throughהָאִ֖ישׁH376 · ishmanמְאֹ֣דH3966 · me.odmuchמְאֹ֑דH3966 · me.odmuchוַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimצֹ֣אןH6629 · tsonflockרַבּ֔וֹתH7227 · ravmanyוּשְׁפָחוֹת֙H8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantוַעֲבָדִ֔יםH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּגְמַלִּ֖יםH1581 · ga.malcamelוַחֲמֹרִֽים׃H2543 · cha.mordonkey
Cross-references
Genesis 30:30For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?Genesis 26:13-14And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:Genesis 24:35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 13:2And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.Genesis 33:11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took [it].Genesis 28:15And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.Genesis 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands.Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.Ecclesiastes 2:7I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:Genesis 31:7-8And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.Genesis 31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked [thee] yesternight.Ezekiel 39:10So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down [any] out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.Genesis 36:7For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
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