Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and he gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
Parallel translations
- WEB He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
- KJV And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- BSB He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
- NKJV He treated Abram well for her sake. He had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male and female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
- NLT Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
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Quick answer
Pharaoh enriched Abram with livestock and servants for Sarai's sake. Abram gains wealth through a compromised arrangement.
Overview
Abram receives great wealth from Pharaoh on account of Sarai, the bitter fruit of his deception. These very possessions, perhaps including servants such as Hagar, will complicate his life later. The episode warns that gains won through compromise often carry hidden costs, even as God remains committed to his promise.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 20:14Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.
- Gen 13:2Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- Job 1:3His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 42:12So Yahweh blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.
- Gen 24:35Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
- Gen 26:14He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
- Gen 32:5I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”
- Gen 32:13–15He stayed there that night, and took from that which he had with him, a present for Esau, his brother:
- Ps 144:13–14Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
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