Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. ¹ 

He had ¹  so many sheep ²  and cattle ³  and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous ⁴  of him.

“Is he well?” ¹  Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. ²  Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them. ¹ 

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

In this way Jacob ¹  became extremely prosperous. He owned ²  large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, ¹  Rachel stole the household idols ²  that belonged to her father.

Tamar was told, ¹  “Look, your father-in-law is going up ²  to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw ¹  water ²  and fill ³  the troughs in order to water their father’s flock.

When some ¹  shepherds came and drove them away, ²  Moses came up and defended them ³  and then watered their flock.

Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also.” ¹ 

A mixed multitude ¹  also went up with them, and flocks and herds – a very large number of cattle. ² 

“‘If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. ¹ 

And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some ¹  to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

the Lord’s tribute from the sheep was 675.

Then they came very close to him and said, “We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, ¹ 

Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks.

when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything,

You must supply them generously ¹  from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress – as the Lord your God has blessed you, you must give to them.

You must give them the best of your ¹  grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.