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Job 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His βsubstance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great δhousehold; so that this man was the greatest of all the ζmen of the east.

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or, cattle.

δ

or, husbandry.

ζ

sons.

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Bene-kedem,

East,

Household,

Ox; Oxen,

Seven,

Sheep,

Three,

Yoke

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substance.

or, cattle.

Gen. 12:5• ⁵And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had acquired, and the souls that they had obtained in Haran, and they went out to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (Gen. 12:5)

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Gen. 13:6• ⁶And the land could not support them, that they might dwell together, for their property was great; and they could not dwell together. (Gen. 13:6)

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Gen. 34:23• ²³Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. (Gen. 34:23)

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2 Chron. 32:29• ²⁹And he provided for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God gave him very much substance. (2 Chron. 32:29)

seven.

Job 42:12• ¹²And Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. (Job 42:12)

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Gen. 12:16• ¹⁶And he treated Abram well on her account; and he had sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and bondmen, and bondwomen, and she-asses, and camels. (Gen. 12:16)

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Num. 31:32‑34• ³²And the prey, the rest of the spoil, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,
³³and seventy-two thousand oxen,
³⁴and sixty-one thousand asses, (Num. 31:32‑34)

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Judg. 6:5• ⁵For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number; and they entered into the land to destroy it. (Judg. 6:5)

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1 Sam. 25:2• ²And there was a man at Maon, whose business was at Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep at Carmel. (1 Sam. 25:2)

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2 Kings 3:4• ⁴And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool. (2 Kings 3:4)

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Prov. 10:22• ²²The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow to it. (Prov. 10:22)

household.

or, husbandry.

2 Chron. 26:10• ¹⁰And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen also and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry. (2 Chron. 26:10)

greatest.

Job 29:9‑10,25• ⁹Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
¹⁰The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
²⁵I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners. (Job 29:9‑10,25)

men.

Heb. sons.

Judg. 6:3• ³And it came to pass when Israel sowed, that Midian came up, and Amalek, and the children of the east, and came up against them. (Judg. 6:3)

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Judg. 7:12• ¹²And Midian and Amalek and all the children of the east lay along in the valley as locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand upon the sea-shore for multitude. (Judg. 7:12)

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Judg. 8:10• ¹⁰Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camp with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the whole camp of the children of the east; for there had fallen a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. (Judg. 8:10)

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1 Kings 4:30• ³⁰And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. (1 Kings 4:30)

of the east.

Gen. 25:6• ⁶And to the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and, while he yet lived, sent them away from Isaac his son, eastward to the east country. (Gen. 25:6)

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Gen. 29:1• ¹And Jacob continued his journey, and went into the land of the children of the east. (Gen. 29:1)

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Num. 23:7• ⁷And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel! (Num. 23:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And his substance was seven thousand sheepc, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

JND Translation Notes

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c

"Small cattle," applying equally to both sheep and goats.