Job 1:3

His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job 29:25

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.

Judges 6:3

For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.

Job 42:12

The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

Genesis 12:5

Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:16

Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.

Genesis 13:6

And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.

Genesis 25:6

but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.

Genesis 34:23

Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.”

Numbers 23:7

He took up his discourse and said,
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
Come curse Jacob for me,
And come, denounce Israel!’

Numbers 31:32-34

Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,

Judges 6:5

For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it.

Judges 7:12

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.

Judges 8:10

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen.

1 Samuel 25:2

Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel

1 Kings 4:30

Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

2 Kings 3:4

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

2 Chronicles 26:10

He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

2 Chronicles 32:29

He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.

Job 29:9-10

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Proverbs 10:22

It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

His 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.

Household

Greatest

Bible References

Substance

Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan.
Genesis 13:6
And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.
Genesis 34:23
Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.”
2 Chronicles 32:29
He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth.

Seven

Job 42:12
The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
Genesis 12:16
Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
Numbers 31:32
Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,000 sheep,
Judges 6:5
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it.
1 Samuel 25:2
Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel
2 Kings 3:4
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
Proverbs 10:22
It is the blessing of the Lord that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow to it.

Household

2 Chronicles 26:10
He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil.

Greatest

Job 29:9
“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

Men

Judges 6:3
For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.
Judges 7:12
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
Judges 8:10
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen.
1 Kings 4:30
Solomon’s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.

Of the east

Genesis 25:6
but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east.
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east.
Numbers 23:7
He took up his discourse and said,
“From Aram Balak has brought me,
Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,
Come curse Jacob for me,
And come, denounce Israel!’

General references

Genesis 13:2
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 41:49
Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.
Deuteronomy 8:13
and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

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