King James Version
Genesis 32:15 in the King James Version says “Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.”
Genesis 32:15 · KJV
And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“with their colts”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“bulls”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
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