...numerous issue, namely, seven sons and three daughters, but likewise great wealth, he being possessed of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and as many she-asses, which at that time were the riches of the country where he lived; and in short,...

...vanquished this temptation. See Job, that holy man, and once the richest man of all the East, possessing seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and servants without number : — see him stripped of all his •wealth, and saying in that deplorable...

...his time and country. Besides his landed possessions, his personals, among other things, consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, with a princely and suitable household establishment. His family was composed of a wife,...

...following particulars. First. He was a great man ; great for estate and riches. We read in Job i. 3. that he had " seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a very great household," or store of servants ; " so that this man was...

...vanquished this temptation. See Job, that holy man, and once the richest man of all the East, possessing seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and servnnts without number: — see him stripped of all his wealth, and saying in that deplorable situation....

...the soil. Abraham was very rich in cattle, in gold, and in silver. Job farmed on a very large scale : he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,...hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses. In Greece, the various improvements in husbandry, the introduction of the nutritive grains, and the...

...his time or afore. All his substance in one moment almost was lost, all his cattle were driven away, seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses : all these were taken away suddenly. His house fell down : his children that were within were slain....

...families of the earth generally consisted of flocks and herds. Job. i. 3, we read, that his substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and he was the greatest man of the age ; and when Abraham's servant was sent to fetch Eebecca...

...without thinking of the fat and lean kine in the dream of king Pharaoh ; and of the substance of Job, who had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five...hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses. " The pigeons that are flying about seem to be as happy as wings, fresh air, and sunshine can make...

...witnesses the cattle in the wide-spread pastures, it reminds him of the great substance of Job, who had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five...hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses. When he gazes on the running brook and the river, he forgets not that with his staff Jacob passed over...