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He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

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and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys,(A) and had a large number of servants.(B) He was the greatest man(C) among all the people of the East.(D)

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25 Like a chief, I told them what to do.
    I lived like a king among his troops
    and comforted those who mourned.

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25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(A)
    I dwelt as a king(B) among his troops;
    I was like one who comforts mourners.(C)

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12 So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.

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12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

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Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, marauders from Midian, Amalek, and the people of the east would attack Israel,

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Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites(A) and other eastern peoples(B) invaded the country.

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30 In fact, his wisdom exceeded that of all the wise men of the East and the wise men of Egypt.

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30 Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East,(A) and greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.(B)

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This was the message Balaam delivered:

“Balak summoned me to come from Aram;
    the king of Moab brought me from the eastern hills.
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me!
    Come and announce Israel’s doom.’

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Then Balaam(A) spoke his message:(B)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(E)

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22 The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
    and he adds no sorrow with it.

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22 The blessing of the Lord(A) brings wealth,(B)
    without painful toil for it.(C)

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16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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16 He treated Abram well for her sake, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.(A)

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He took his wife, Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all his wealth—his livestock and all the people he had taken into his household at Haran—and headed for the land of Canaan. When they arrived in Canaan,

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He took his wife Sarai,(A) his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated(B) and the people(C) they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,(D) and they arrived there.

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The princes stood in silence
    and put their hands over their mouths.
10 The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
    holding their tongues in respect.

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the chief men refrained from speaking(A)
    and covered their mouths with their hands;(B)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(C)
    and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(D)

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Jacob Arrives at Paddan-Aram

29 Then Jacob hurried on, finally arriving in the land of the east.

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Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram

29 Then Jacob continued on his journey and came to the land of the eastern peoples.(A)

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But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.

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But the land could not support them while they stayed together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to stay together.(A)

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29 He built many towns and acquired vast flocks and herds, for God had given him great wealth.

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29 He built villages and acquired great numbers of flocks and herds, for God had given him very great riches.(A)

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