Numbers 32:1

Now, much cattle, had come into the possession of the sons of Reuben and of the sons of Gad, an exceeding mighty number. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, lo! the place, was a place for cattle.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

In Context

2So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came in,—and spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of assembly, saying,

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Cross References

Genesis 13:2Now, Abram, was very rich,—in cattle, in silver and in gold.

Genesis 13:10So Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the circuit of the Jordan, that the whole of it, was well-watered,—before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the Garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as thou enterest into Zoar.

Genesis 30:10And Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bare to Jacob a son:

Exodus 12:38Moreover also, a mixed multitude, came up with them,—flocks also, and herds, exceeding much cattle,

Numbers 21:32And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured the villages thereof,—and dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

Numbers 26:15The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites,—To 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 →

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