Genesis 32 · Verse 15

Genesis 32:15

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Genesis 32:15, King James Version

Genesis 32:15 in other translations

BSB30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
WEBthirty milk camels and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten foals.
ASVthirty milch camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.
YLTsuckling camels and their young ones thirty, cows forty, and bullocks ten, she-asses twenty, and foals ten;
DARBYthirty milch camels with their colts; forty kine, and ten bulls; twenty she-asses, and ten young asses.
BBEThirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
WebsterThirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals.

What does Genesis 32:15 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 15 Ten bulls - The Syriac and Vulgate have twenty; but ten is a sufficient proportion to the forty kine. By all this we see that Jacob was led to make restitution for the injury he had done to his brother. Restitution for injuries done to man is essentially requisite if in our power. He who can and will not make restitution for the wrongs he has done, can have no claim even on the mercy of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 32:15 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.

גְּמַלִּ֧יםge.ma.LimcamelsH1581
מֵינִיק֛וֹתmei.ni.KotsucklingH3243
וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu.ve.nei.Hemand young theirH1121
שְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםshe.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
פָּר֤וֹתpa.RotcowsH6510
אַרְבָּעִים֙'ar.ba.'ImfortyH705
וּפָרִ֣יםu.fa.Rimand bullsH6499
עֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.RahtenH6235
אֲתֹנֹ֣ת'a.to.Notfemale donkeysH860
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וַעְיָרִ֖םva'.ya.Rimand male donkeysH5895
עֲשָׂרָֽה\׃'a.sa.RahtenH6235

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Genesis 32:16

    And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

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Genesis 32:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Treinta camellas paridas, con sus hijos, cuarenta vacas y diez novillos, veinte asnas y diez borricos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
200 chèvres, et 20 boucs; 200 brebis, et 20 béliers;
German
Elberfelder 1871
dreißig säugende Kamele mit ihren Füllen, vierzig Kühe und zehn Stiere, zwanzig Eselinnen und zehn junge Esel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti et pullos earum decem.