Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Parallel translations
- WEB two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- BSB 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
- NKJV two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- NASB two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
- NLT 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
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Quick answer
Jacob sets apart hundreds of goats and sheep as part of his gift to Esau. The sheer quantity shows the generosity of his peace offering.
Overview
This detailed inventory begins the substantial gift Jacob assembles to appease Esau. The abundance demonstrates both Jacob's wealth and the seriousness of his desire for reconciliation. His costly generosity toward a wronged brother embodies the spirit of restitution and peacemaking.
Cross-references & the web
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- 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 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- 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.
- 1 Sam 25:2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- Gen 31:16For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
- Gen 31:9Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
- Gen 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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