And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Parallel translations
- WEB Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
- BSB And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and 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
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- Ps 112:1–3Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Gen 24:35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
- Gen 26:12–13Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
- Job 22:21–25Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
- Prov 10:22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
- Job 1:10Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- Deut 8:18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
- Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
- Matt 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Prov 3:9–10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- 1 Tim 4:8For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
- 1 Sam 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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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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