Translations
Modern
…30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
Traditional
Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
Literal
And thirty nursing camels and their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.
Latin
…camelos fœtas cum pullis suis triginta, vaccas quadraginta, et tauros viginti, asinas viginti et pullos earum decem.
Original
Hebrew
English
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
Notes
Taking a large portion of the wealth God had blessed him with (some 550 animals), Jacob prepared a gift to appease Esau’s anger and gain his favor.
Theme notes and profiles
Glossary
Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Camel Cattle Donkey Ebla Tablets Food and Food Preparation Genesis, Book of History of Israel Nathanael Patriarchs, Period of the Prayer
Topics
Camel: Uses of for Milk Milk of Camels Milk: Different Kinds Mentioned of Camels Prayer: Answered: Jacob, for Deliverance from Esau Presents: Things Given as Cattle Prudence: Jacob Prudence: Jacob, in his Conduct Toward Esau The Ox: Includes The: Bull