King James Version
Genesis 13:2 in the King James Version says “And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.”
Genesis 13:2 · KJV
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“rich”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
“was very”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
“in cattle”
H4735something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
“and in gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
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