Genesis 32:15

30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Jacob lists the livestock he will send ahead to his brother Esau as he prepares to meet him after twenty years of separation.

The words — The text specifies מֵינִיק֛וֹת (mei.ni.Kot), meaning “suckling,” paired with גְּמַלִּ֧ים (ge.ma.Lim), “camels,” to denote thirty nursing camels accompanied by their offspring.

The thread — This inventory continues the detailed accounting of Jacob’s tribute herds that begins in Genesis 32:14 and concludes with his command to separate the groups in Genesis 32:16.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to note the precise, measurable scale of the offering Jacob prepared to mitigate his brother’s hostility.

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The Hebrew words

גְּמַלִּ֧יםge.ma.Limcamels מֵינִיק֛וֹתmei.ni.Kotsuckling וּבְנֵיהֶ֖םu./ve.nei./Hemand/ young/ their שְׁלֹשִׁ֑יםshe.lo.Shimthirty פָּר֤וֹתpa.Rotcows אַרְבָּעִים֙'ar.ba.'Imforty וּפָרִ֣יםu./fa.Rimand/ bulls עֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.Rahten אֲתֹנֹ֣ת'a.to.Notfemale donkeys עֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.Rimtwenty וַעְיָרִ֖םva/'.ya.Rimand/ male donkeys עֲשָׂרָֽה׃'a.sa.Rahten

King James Version

Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.