Quotes about Wealth
But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
— Genesis 31:43
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
— Genesis 32:5
200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,
— Genesis 32:14
30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.
— Genesis 32:15
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
— Genesis 34:12
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
— Genesis 34:23
For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
— Genesis 36:7
During the seven years of abundance, the land brought forth bountifully.
— Genesis 41:47
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
— Genesis 41:49
But pay no regard to your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.’”
— Genesis 45:20
He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes.
— Genesis 45:22
Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”
— Exodus 11:2