Numbers 32:1
Now the children of Reuben [See, a son!] and the children of Gad [Good fortune] had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock;
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Genesis 13:2Avram [Exalted father] was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:10Lot [Veil, Covering] lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan [Descender], that it was well-watered everywhere, before Adonai destroyed Sodom [Burning] and Gomorrah [Rebellious people, Tyrants], like the garden of Adonai, like the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], as you go to Zoar [Small].
Genesis 30:10Zilpah [Frailty], Leah [Weary]’s servant, bore Jacob [Supplanter] a son.
Exodus 12:38A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.
Numbers 21:32Moses [Drawn out] sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers] who were there.
Numbers 26:15The sons of Gad [Good fortune] after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites;
Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:1
In this chapter we have, I. The humble request of the tribes of Reuben and Gad for an inheritance on that side Jordan where Israel now lay encamped, ver. 1-5 . II. Moses's misinterpretation of their request, ver. 6-15 . III. Their explication of it, and stating it aright, ver. 16-19 . IV. The grant of their petition under the provisos and limitations which they themselves proposed, ver. 20 , &c. Read the whole commentary →