Ecc 2:7
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: {servants born...: Heb. sons of my house}
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{And} all the people {that were} left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which {were} not of the children of Israel,
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. {substance: or, cattle} {household: or, husbandry} {men: Heb. sons}
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which {is} not of thy seed. {he that is eight...: Heb. a son of eight days}
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, {were} three hundred ninety and two.
And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; {pleasant...: Heb. instruments of desire}
And Abram {was} very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
And over the herds that fed in Sharon {was} Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds {that were} in the valleys {was} Shaphat the son of Adlai:
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained {servants}, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued {them} unto Dan. {armed: or, led forth} {trained: or, instructed}
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen {also}, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. {digged...: or, cut out many cisterns} {Carmel: or, fruitful fields} {husbandry: Heb. ground}
So 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.
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained {servants}, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued {them} unto Dan. {armed: or, led forth} {trained: or, instructed}
And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
{Is} Israel a servant? {is} he a homeborn {slave}? why is he spoiled? {spoiled: Heb. become a spoil?}