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

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

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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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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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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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Jacob Arrives at Paddan-Aram

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

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

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