Genesis 32:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גְּמַלִּ֧ים מֵינִיק֛וֹת וּבְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֑ים פָּר֤וֹת אַרְבָּעִים֙ וּפָרִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֔ה אֲתֹנֹ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וַעְיָרִ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃

Transliteration

gəmallîm mênîqôt and-sons-their thirty, pārôt ʾarbāʿîm and-pārîm ten, ʾătōnōt twenty and-ʿăyārîm ten.

Grammar Details

• *gəmallîm*: masculine plural noun - camels
• *mênîqôt*: Hiphil participle, feminine plural - nursing, giving milk
• *pārôt*: feminine plural noun - cows
• *ʾarbāʿîm*: number - forty
• *pārîm*: masculine plural noun - bulls
• *ʾătōnōt*: feminine plural noun - female donkeys
• *ʿăyārîm*: masculine plural noun - male donkeys, foals

Word Meanings

• *gəmallîm*: camels
• *mênîqôt*: nursing, giving milk, suckling
• *pārôt*: cows, heifers
• *pārîm*: bulls, bullocks, young bulls
• *ʾătōnōt*: female donkeys, she-asses
• *ʿăyārîm*: male donkeys, colts, young donkeys

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Thirty camels nursing their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  and delyuered them vnto his seruauntes euery drooue by them selues ad sayde vnto them: goo forth before me and put a space betwyxte euery drooue.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and put them in the handes of his seruauntes, euery flock by them selues, & sayde vnto them: Go ye forth before me, & put a space betwixte one flocke after the other,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So he deliuered them into the hande of his seruants, euery droue by themselues, and saide vnto his seruants, Passe before me, & put a space betweene droue and droue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And deliuered them into the handes of his seruauntes, euery droue by them selues, and sayde vnto his seruauntes: go foorth before me, and put a space betwixt droue and droue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and he giveth into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and saith unto his servants, `Pass over before me, and a space ye do put between drove and drove.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants,“Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 32:20 : 20 And say moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me.
• Gen 33:8-9 : 8 And he said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. 9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep what you have for yourself.
• Ps 112:5 : 5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.
• Prov 2:11 : 11 Discretion will preserve you; understanding will keep you;
• Isa 28:26 : 26 For his God instructs him in right judgment, his God teaches him.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore, be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.