Genesis 32:14

14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

Genesis 32:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 32:14

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams.
] And it seems this proportion of one he goat to ten she goats, and of one ram to ten ewes, is a proper one, and what has been so judged in other times and countries ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Varro de rustica, l. 2. c. 3. apud Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 43. col. 439. &c. 53. col. 648.

Genesis 32:14 In-Context

12 You were the one who told me, ‘I will make sure things go well for you, and I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, so many you won't be able to count them.'"

13 Jacob spent that night there. From what he had acquired, he set aside a gift for his brother Esau:

14 two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

15 thirty nursing camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.

16 He separated these herds and gave them to his servants. He said to them, "Go ahead of me and put some distance between each of the herds."