At this time, Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
1 Samuel 25:2 - Easy To Read Version There was a very rich man living in Maon. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. That man was in Carmel taking care of some business. He went there to cut the wool from his sheep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A very rich man was in Maon, whose possessions and business were in Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible There was a man in Maon who did business in Carmel. He was a very important man and owned three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. At that time, he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Catholic Public Domain Version Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were at Carmel. And this man was exceedingly great. And three thousand sheep, and one thousand goats were his. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep at Carmel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel. And the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats. And it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. |
At this time, Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
Isaac became rich. He gathered more and more wealth until he became a very rich man.
At this time, Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel went into his house and stole the false gods that belonged to her father.
Jacob took 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep.
Tamar learned that Judah, her father-in-law, was going to Timnah to cut the wool from his sheep.
Barzillai was a very old man. He was 80 years old. He had given the king food and other things when David was staying at Mahanaim. Barzillai {could do this because} he was a very rich man.
Job owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 bulls, and 500 female donkeys. He had many servants. Job was the richest man in the east.
The Lord blessed Job with even more things than he had in the beginning. Job got 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 cows, and 1,000 female donkeys.
Lord, use your power and remove\par bad people from the \{land of\} the living.\par
A servant that becomes a king, a foolish person that has everything he needs,
The people of Judah were also given these towns: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
Samuel got up early the next morning and went to meet Saul. But the people told Samuel, “Saul went to {the town in Judah named} Carmel. Saul went there to set up a stone monument to honor himself. Saul is traveling around to several places and will finally go down to Gilgal.”
The Amalekites had taken David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow [214] of Nabal from Carmel.