Numbers 32:1

¶ Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

Now the children {H1121} of Reuben {H7205} and the children {H1121} of Gad {H1410} had a very {H3966} great {H6099} multitude {H7227} of cattle {H4735}: and when they saw {H7200} the land {H776} of Jazer {H3270}, and the land {H776} of Gilead {H1568}, that, behold, the place {H4725} was a place {H4725} for cattle {H4735};

The descendants of Re'uven and the descendants of Gad had vast quantities of livestock. When they saw that the land of Ya'zer and the land of Gil'ad were good for livestock,

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

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Cross-References

  • Numbers 21:32 (5 votes)

    And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that [were] there.

  • Numbers 32:35 (3 votes)

    And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

  • Numbers 32:3 (3 votes)

    Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

  • Genesis 13:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  • Genesis 13:11 (3 votes)

    Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

  • 1 John 2:16 (2 votes)

    For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • Genesis 47:4 (2 votes)

    They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine [is] sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.