And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- KJV And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
- NKJV Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- NASB Now Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.
- NLT (Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold.)
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Quick answer
Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. God's material blessing on him is evident.
Overview
The note of Abram's great wealth shows the Lord's blessing, partly through the Egyptian episode. Such prosperity, however, soon creates tension between Abram and Lot. Material blessing in Scripture is real yet always subordinate to the greater spiritual blessings of God's promise and presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 112:1–3Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Gen 24:35“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
- Gen 26:12–13Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,
- Job 22:21–25Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
- Deut 8:18But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
- Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- Prov 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- 1 Tim 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
- 1 Sam 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
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From the first promise that the seed of the woman would crush the serpent (3:15), through Abraham's blessing to all nations and Judah's coming ruler, Genesis sows every seed that flowers in Christ — the true offspring, the better Adam, the ram caught for Isaac.
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