Genesis 13:2

But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

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In The King James Version

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

In Context

1Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.

3And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.

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Cross References

Genesis 24:35And the Lord has blessed my lord greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men servants and women servants, camels and donkeys.

Genesis 26:13And the man was enriched, and he continued prospering as well as increasing, until he became very great.

Genesis 30:43And the man was enriched beyond limit, and he had many flocks, women servants and men servants, camels and donkeys.

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.

Job 1:10Have you not fortified him, as well as his house and every one of his belongings around him, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession has increased in the land?

Psalms 112:1Alleluia. Praise the Lord, children. Praise the name of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 13:2-5

Abram's Removal to Canaan. ( b. c. 1918.) 1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Hai; 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord . I. Here is Abram's return out of Egypt, v. 1 .… Read the whole commentary →

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