Genesis 13:2

Forsooth he was full rich in possession (s) of silver, and of gold. (And now he was very rich with livestock, silver, and gold.)

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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 (or And so Abram went up from Egypt), he, and his wife, and all things that he had; and Lot went with him, to the south coast.

3And he turned again by the way in which he came from the south into Bethel, till to the place, in which before he had set a tabernacle (or to the place where he had pitched his tent before), betwixt Bethel and Hai,

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Cross References

Genesis 24:35and the Lord hath blessed my lord greatly, and he is made great; and God gave to him sheep, and oxen, silver, and gold, servants, and handmaids, and camels, and asses. (and the Lord hath greatly blessed my lord, and he is a great man; and God hath given him sheep, and oxen, silver, and gold, male and female slaves, and camels, and donkeys.)

Genesis 26:13And the man was made rich, and he went profiting and increasing, till he was made full great.

Genesis 30:43And Jacob was made full rich, and had many flocks, handmaids, and menservants, camels, and asses. (And Jacob was made very rich, and had many flocks, and male and female slaves, and camels, and donkeys.)

1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor, and he maketh rich; he maketh low, and he raiseth up.

Job 1:10Whether thou hast not (en)compassed him, and his house (hold), and all his chattel by compass? (or Hast thou not surrounded him, and his family, and all his possessions, with protection?) Thou hast blessed the works of his hands, and his possession is increased on [the] earth.

Psalms 112:1Alleluia. Blessed is the man that dreadeth the Lord; he shall delight full much in his commandments. ( Alleluia. Happy is the person who feareth the Lord or Happy is the person who hath reverence for the Lord; he shall take great delight, or joy, in his commandments.)

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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