Genesis 13:2

13:2 (Now Abram was very wealthy ¹  in livestock, silver, and gold.) ² 

Genesis 26:13-14

26:13 The man became wealthy. ³  His influence continued to grow ⁴  until he became very prominent. 26:14 He had ⁵  so many sheep ⁶  and cattle ⁷  and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous ⁸  of him.

Genesis 26:2

26:2 The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; ⁹  settle down in the land that I will point out to you. ¹⁰ 

Genesis 26:10

26:10 Then Abimelech exclaimed, “What in the world have you done to us? ¹¹  One of the men ¹²  might easily have had sexual relations with ¹³  your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!”

Job 1:3

1:3 His possessions ¹⁴  included ¹⁵  7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. ¹⁶  Thus he ¹⁷  was the greatest of all the people in the east. ¹⁸ 

Job 42:12

42:12 So the Lord blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

[13:2]  ¹ tn Heb “heavy.”

[13:2]  ² tn This parenthetical clause, introduced by the vav (ו) disjunctive (translated “now”), provides information necessary to the point of the story.

[26:13]  ³ tn Heb “great.” In this context the statement refers primarily to Isaac’s material wealth, although reputation and influence are included.

[26:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he went, going and becoming great.” The construction stresses that his growth in possessions and power continued steadily.

[26:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and there was to him.”

[26:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “possessions of sheep.”

[26:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “possessions of cattle.”

[26:14]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew verb translated “became jealous” refers here to intense jealousy or envy that leads to hostile action (see v. 15).

[26:2]  ⁹ sn Do not go down to Egypt. The words echo Gen 12:10, which reports that “Abram went down to Egypt,” but state the opposite.

[26:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “say to you.”

[26:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “What is this you have done to us?” The Hebrew demonstrative pronoun “this” adds emphasis: “What in the world have you done to us?” (R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 24, §118).

[26:10]  ¹² tn Heb “people.”

[26:10]  ¹³ tn The Hebrew verb means “to lie down.” Here the expression “lie with” or “sleep with” is euphemistic for “have sexual relations with.”

[1:3]  ¹⁴ tn The word means “cattle, livestock, possessions” (see also Gen 26:14). Here it includes the livestock, but also the entire substance of his household.

[1:3]  ¹⁵ tn Or “amounted to,” “totaled.” The preterite of הָיָה (hayah, “to be”) is sometimes employed to introduce a total amount or an inventory (see Exod 1:5; Num 3:43).

[1:3]  ¹⁶ tn The word עֲבֻדָּה (’avuddah, “service of household servants”) indicates that he had a very large body of servants, meaning a very large household.

[1:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and that man.”

[1:3]  ¹⁸ tn The expression is literally “sons of the east.” The use of the genitive after “sons” in this construction may emphasize their nature (like “sons of belial”); it would refer to them as easterners (like “sons of the south” in contemporary American English). BDB 869 s.v. קֶדֶם says “dwellers in the east.”