Genesis 32 · Verse 14

Genesis 32:14

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Genesis 32:14, King James Version

Genesis 32:14 in other translations

BSB200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
WEBtwo hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
ASVtwo hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,
YLTshe-goats two hundred, and he-goats twenty, ewes two hundred, and rams twenty,
DARBYtwo hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams;
BBETwo hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
WebsterTwo hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

What does Genesis 32:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 32:13-23

13-23. took ... a present for Esau--Jacob combined active exertions with earnest prayer; and this teaches us that we must not depend upon the aid and interposition of God in such a way as to supersede the exercise of prudence and foresight. Superiors are always approached with presents, and the respect expressed is estimated by the quality and amount of the gift. The present of Jacob consisted of five hundred fifty…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Two hundred she-goats, etc. - This was a princely present, and such as was sufficient to have compensated Esau for any kind of temporal loss he might have sustained in being deprived of his birthright and blessing. The thirty milch camels were particularly valuable, for milch camels among the Arabs constitute a principal part of their riches, the creature being every way so serviceable that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in providing such a beast for those countries where no other animal could be of equal service. "The she-camel gives milk continually, not ceasing till great with young; the milk of which," as Pliny has remarked, "when mixed with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and wholesome beverage." Cameli lac habent, donec iterum gravescant, suavissimumque hoc existimatur, ad unam mensuram tribus aquae additis - Hist. Nat., lib. 11., chap. 41.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 32:9-23

Times of fear should be times of prayer: whatever causes fear, should drive us to our knees, to our God. Jacob had lately seen his guards of angels, but in this distress he applied to God, not to them; he knew they were his fellow-servants, Re 22:9. There cannot be a better pattern for true prayer than this. Here is a thankful acknowledgement of former undeserved favours; a humble confession of unworthiness; a plain…

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Genesis 32:14 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.

עִזִּ֣ים'i.Zimfemale goatsH5795
מָאתַ֔יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967
וּתְיָשִׁ֖יםu.te.ya.Shimand male goatsH8495
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
רְחֵלִ֥יםre.che.LimewesH7353
מָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundredH3967
וְאֵילִ֥יםve.'ei.Limand ramsH352
עֶשְׂרִֽים\׃'es.RimtwentyH6242

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Cross references for Genesis 32:14

  • 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.

  • 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 42:12

    So 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.

  • Genesis 31:16

    For 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.

  • Genesis 31:9

    Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

  • 1 Samuel 25:2

    And 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.

  • Genesis 30:43

    And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This was a princely present. The "thirty milch camels" were particularly valuable; for among the Arabs they constitute a principal part of their riches; being every way so serviceable, that the providence of God appears peculiarly kind and wise in providing such animals for those countries, where no other animal could be of equal service. The she-camel gives milk continually, not ceasing even when with young; the milk of which, when mixed with three parts of water, affords the most pleasant and wholesome beverage.
30:43; 31:9,16; De 8:18; 1Sa 25:2; Job 1:3; 42:12

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Context

  • Genesis 32:13

    And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

  • Genesis 32:14

    Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

  • Genesis 32:15

    Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

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Genesis 32:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Doscientas cabras y veinte machos de cabrío, doscientas ovejas y veinte carneros,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il passa là cette nuit; et il prit, de ce qui lui vint sous la main, un présent pour Ésaü, son frère:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Zweihundert Ziegen und zwanzig Böcke, zweihundert Mutterschafe und zwanzig Widder,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		capras ducentas, hircos viginti, oves ducentas, et arietes viginti,