Genesis 32:14

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

Genesis 32:14 in Other Translations

14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,

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

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

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

14 two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams,

14 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,

14 200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

14 He chose 200 female goats and 20 male goats. He chose 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep.

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 But you have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.’ ”

13 He spent the night there, and from what he had with him he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

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

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

16 He put them in the care of his servants, each herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, and keep some space between the herds.”

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 7:88