Cross References I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem: Luke 12:45 But if that servant shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink and be drunk: Genesis 14:14 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, well appointed: and pursued them to Dan. Genesis 15:3 And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant born in my house, shall be my heir. 1 Kings 4:23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams; besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem: servants 1 Kings 9:20-22 All the people that were left of the Amorrhites, and Hethites, and Pherezites, and Hevites, and Jebusites, that are not of the children of Israel: . . . Ezra 2:58 All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-two. Nehemiah 7:57 The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sothai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Pharida, and Genesis 17:12,13 An infant of eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every manchild in your generations: he that is born in the house, as well as the bought servant, shall be circumcised, and whosoever is not of your stock: . . . Genesis 13:2 And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver. 2 Kings 3:4 Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with their fleeces. 1 Chronicles 27:29-31 And over the herds that fed in Saron, was Setrai a Saronite: and over the oxen in the valleys, Saphat the son of Adli: . . . 2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many cisterns, for he had much cattle both in the plains, and in the waste of the desert: he had also vineyards and dressers of vines in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he was a man that loved husbandry. 2 Chronicles 32:27-29 And Ezechias was rich, and very glorious, and he gathered himself great treasures of silver and of gold, and of precious stones, of spices, and of arms, of all kinds, and of vessels of great price. . . . Job 1:3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceedingly great: and this man was great among all the people of the east. Job 42:12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. Context The Futility of Pleasure…6And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees, 7I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:8I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:… Lexicon I acquiredקָנִ֙יתִי֙ (qā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own menservants עֲבָדִ֣ים (‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant and maidservants, וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת (ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 8198: Maid, maidservant and servants were born וּבְנֵי־ (ū·ḇə·nê-) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son in my house. בַ֖יִת (ḇa·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house I also גַּ֣ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and owned הָ֣יָה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be more הַרְבֵּה֙ (har·bêh) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great herds בָקָ֨ר (ḇā·qār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd and flocks וָצֹ֤אן (wā·ṣōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock than anyone מִכֹּ֛ל (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel before me, לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face Additional Translations I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem; I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem. I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me. I bought menservants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem: I procured me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem; I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem. 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