Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai’s brother. Pharaoh gave Abram sheep, cattle, and donkeys. Abram also got men servants, women servants, and camels.
Genesis 24:35 - Easy To Read Version The Lord has greatly blessed my master in everything. My master has become a great man. The Lord has given Abraham many flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. Abraham has much silver and gold and many servants. Abraham has many camels and donkeys. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord has blessed my master mightily, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks, herds, silver, gold, menservants, maidservants, camels, and asses. American Standard Version (1901) And Jehovah hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and asses. Common English Bible The LORD has richly blessed my master, has made him a great man, and has given him flocks, cattle, silver, gold, men servants, women servants, camels, and donkeys. Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord has blessed my lord greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men servants and women servants, camels and donkeys. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord hath blessed my master wonderfully, and he is become great: and he hath given him sheep and oxen, silver and gold, men-servants and women-servants, camels and asses. |
Pharaoh was kind to Abram because he thought Abram was Sarai’s brother. Pharaoh gave Abram sheep, cattle, and donkeys. Abram also got men servants, women servants, and camels.
I will build a great nation from you. I will bless you and make your name famous. People will use your name to bless other people.
I will bless people who bless you, and I will curse people who curse [71] you. I will use you to bless all the people on earth.”
At this time, Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
Abraham lived to be a very old man. The Lord blessed Abraham and everything that he did.
After Abraham died, God blessed Isaac. And Isaac continued to live at Beer Lahai Roi.
In this way, Jacob became very rich. He had large flocks, many servants, camels, and donkeys.
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.
God blessed those people.\par Their families grew.\par They had many, many animals.\par
That person’s family will be very rich.\par And his goodness will continue forever.\par
God, you protected me\par and helped me win.\par You supported me with your right arm.\par You helped me defeat my enemy.\par
A blessing from the Lord will bring you true wealth. And it won’t bring troubles with it.
Respect the Lord and be humble. Then you will have wealth, honor, and true life.
The thing you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing the good things God wants you to do. Then all these other things you need will be given to you.
But what will happen if that servant is evil and thinks that his master will not come back soon? That servant will begin to beat the other servants, men and women. He will eat and drink and get drunk.
Training (teaching) your body helps you in some ways. But serving God helps you in every way. Serving God brings you blessings in this life and in the future life too.