Genesis 26:13–14
And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
And the man waxed great, and †went forward, and grew vntill he became very great.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. went going.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of ‖seruants, and the Philistims enuied him.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- ‖Alternative wordingOr, husbandry.
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- Proverbs 10:22Rank 1 from verse 13
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35And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
35And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and hee is become great: and hee hath giuen him flocks, and heards, and siluer, and gold, and men seruants, and mayd seruants, and camels, and asses.
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4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
4¶ ††Againe I considered all trauaile, and euery right worke, that for this a man is enuied of his neighbour: this is also vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
- Genesis 12:16Rank 4 from verse 14
- Genesis 13:2Rank 5 from verse 14
3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
3His ‖substance also was seuen thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very great ‖houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the †men of the East.
12So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Iob, more then his beginning: for he had fourteene thousand sheepe, and sixe thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee asses.
- Proverbs 10:22Rank 9 from verse 14
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- Psalms 112:3Rank 11 from verse 14
- Psalms 144:13–14Rank 12 from verse 14
13That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
13† That our garners may bee full, affoording all maner of store; that our sheepe may bring forth thousands, and tenne thousands in our streetes.
14† That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streetes.
- Psalms 112:10Rank 13 from verse 14
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Genesis 26:13
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wax, meaning to grow, increase, or become.
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Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.
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Increased or developed in size, age, maturity, number, strength, influence, severity, or condition; arose and progressed from a smaller or earlier state.
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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.
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Genesis 26:14
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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possession
The state of having or holding; something owned, occupied, or controlled.
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Groups of cattle or other animals kept or feeding together.
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1. An abundance, supply, stock, or reserve. 2. In ‘store city,’ a city where supplies or goods are kept.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Persons who serve, labour for, obey, or attend another.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of envy, meaning to feel such jealousy.
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12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.
12Then Isaac sowed in that land, and †receiued in the same yeere an hundred fold: & the LORD blessed him.
13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
13And the man waxed great, and †went forward, and grew vntill he became very great.
Selected passage14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of heards, and great store of ‖seruants, and the Philistims enuied him.
Selected passage15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
15For all the wels which his fathers seruants had digged in the dayes of Abraham his father, the Philistims had stopped them, & filled them with earth.