Genesis 13 · Verse 2

Genesis 13:2

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 13:2, King James Version

Genesis 13:2 in other translations

BSBAnd Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
WEBAbram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
ASVAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
YLTand Abram is exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
DARBYAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
BBENow Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
WebsterAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

What does Genesis 13:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. very rich--compared with the pastoral tribes to which Abraham belonged. An Arab sheik is considered rich who has a hundred or two hundred tents, from sixty to a hundred camels, a thousand sheep and goats respectively. And Abram being very rich, must have far exceeded that amount of pastoral property. "Gold and silver" being rare among these peoples, his probably arose from the sale of his produce in Egypt.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Abram was very rich - The property of these patriarchal times did not consist in flocks only, but also in silver and gold; and in all these respects Abram was דבד מאד cabed meod, exceeding rich. Josephus says that a part of this property was acquired by teaching the Egyptians arts and sciences. Thus did God fulfill his promises to him, by protecting and giving him a great profusion of temporal blessings, which were to him signs and pledges of spiritual things.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 13:1-4

Abram was very rich: he was very heavy, so the Hebrew word is; for riches are a burden; and they that will be rich, do but load themselves with thick clay, Ha 2:6. There is a burden of care in getting riches, fear in keeping them, temptation in using them, guilt in abusing them, sorrow in losing them, and a burden of account at last to be given up about them. Yet God in his providence sometimes makes good men rich…

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Genesis 13:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַבְרָ֖םve.'av.Ramand AbramH87
כָּבֵ֣דka.Ved[was] wealthyH3515
מְאֹ֑דme.'OdveryH3966
בַּמִּקְנֶ֕הba.mik.Nehin <the> livestockH4735
בַּכֶּ֖סֶףba.Ke.sefin <the> silverH3701
וּבַזָּהָֽב\׃u.va.za.Havand in <the> goldH2091

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 13:2

  • Genesis 24:35

    And 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.

  • Psalms 112:1-3

    Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever.

  • Genesis 26:12-13

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him. And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

  • Proverbs 10:22

    The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

  • Job 22:21-25

    Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. …

  • Deuteronomy 8:18

    But 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 1:3

    His 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.

  • Job 1:10

    Hast 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.

  • Matthew 6:33

    But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

  • Proverbs 3:9-10

    Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

  • 1 Timothy 4:8

    For 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 Samuel 2:7

    The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24:35; 26:12,13; De 8:18; 1Sa 2:7; Job 1:3,10; 22:21-25; Ps 112:1-3
Pr 3:9,10; 10:22; Mt 6:33; 1Ti 4:8

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Context

  • Genesis 13:1

    And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

  • Genesis 13:2

    And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

  • Genesis 13:3

    And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;

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Genesis 13:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Abram era riquísimo en ganado, en plata y oro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Abram était très riche en troupeaux, en argent et en or.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Abram war sehr reich an Vieh, an Silber und an Gold.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Erat autem dives valde in possessione auri et argenti.