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Ec 2:7 Strong Concordance I got [07069] me servants [05650] and maidens [08198], and had servants born [01121] in my house [01004]; also I had great [07235] possessions [04735] of great [01241] and small cattle [06629] above all that were in Jerusalem [03389] before [06440] me:
  King James I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
born in my house--These were esteemed more trustworthy servants than those bought (Gen 14:14; Gen 15:2-3; Gen 17:12-13, Gen 17:27; Jer 2:14), called "songs of one's handmaid" (Exo 23:12; compare Gen 12:16; Job 1:3).
 
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3 His substance [04735] also was seven [07651] thousand [0505] sheep [06629], and three [07969] thousand [0505] camels [01581], and five [02568] hundred [03967] yoke [06776] of oxen [01241], and five [02568] hundred [03967] she asses [0860], and a very [03966] great [07227] household [05657]; so that this man [0376] was the greatest [01419] of all the men [01121] of the east [06924].
16 And he entreated [03190] Abram [087] well [03190] for her sake: and he had sheep [06629], and oxen [01241], and he asses [02543], and menservants [05650], and maidservants [08198], and she asses [0860], and camels [01581].
12 Six [08337] days [03117] thou shalt do [06213] thy work [04639], and on the seventh [07637] day [03117] thou shalt rest [07673]: that thine ox [07794] and thine ass [02543] may rest [05117], and the son [01121] of thy handmaid [0519], and the stranger [01616], may be refreshed [05314].
14 Is Israel [03478] a servant [05650]? is he a homeborn [01004] [03211] slave? why [04069] is he spoiled [0957]?
27 And all the men [0582] of his house [01004], born [03211] in the house [01004], and bought [04736] with money [03701] of the stranger [01121] [05236], were circumcised [04135] with him.
12 And he that is eight [08083] days [03117] old [01121] shall be circumcised [04135] among you, every man child [02145] in your generations [01755], he that is born [03211] in the house [01004], or bought [04736] with money [03701] of any stranger [01121] [05236], which is not of thy seed [02233].
13 He that is born [03211] in thy house [01004], and he that is bought [04736] with thy money [03701], must needs [04135] be circumcised [04135]: and my covenant [01285] shall be in your flesh [01320] for an everlasting [05769] covenant [01285].
2 And Abram [087] said [0559], Lord [0136] GOD [03069], what wilt thou give [05414] me, seeing I go [01980] childless [06185], and the steward [01121] [04943] of my house [01004] is this [01931] Eliezer [0461] of Damascus [01834]?
3 And Abram [087] said [0559], Behold, to me thou hast given [05414] no [03808] seed [02233]: and, lo, one born [01121] in my house [01004] is mine heir [03423].
14 And when Abram [087] heard [08085] that his brother [0251] was taken captive [07617], he armed [07324] his trained [02593] servants, born [03211] in his own house [01004], three [07969] hundred [03967] and eighteen [06240] [08083], and pursued [07291] them unto Dan [01835].
31 And over the flocks [06629] was Jaziz [03151] the Hagerite [01905]. All these were the rulers [08269] of the substance [07399] which was king [04428] David's [01732].
29 And over the herds [01241] that fed [07462] in Sharon [08289] was Shitrai [07861] the Sharonite [08290]: and over the herds [01241] that were in the valleys [06010] was Shaphat [08202] the son [01121] of Adlai [05724]:
22 But of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did Solomon [08010] make [05414] no bondmen [05650]: but they were men [0582] of war [04421], and his servants [05650], and his princes [08269], and his captains [07991], and rulers [08269] of his chariots [07393], and his horsemen [06571].
15 And Solomon [08010] had threescore and ten [07657] thousand [0505] that bare [05375] burdens [05449], and fourscore [08084] thousand [0505] hewers [02672] in the mountains [02022];
20 And all the people [05971] that were left [03498] of the Amorites [0567], Hittites [02850], Perizzites [06522], Hivites [02340], and Jebusites [02983], which were not of the children [01121] of Israel [03478],
21 Their children [01121] that were left [03498] after [0310] them in the land [0776], whom the children [01121] of Israel [03478] also were not able [03201] utterly to destroy [02763], upon those did Solomon [08010] levy [05927] a tribute [04522] of bondservice [05647] unto this day [03117].
58 All the Nethinims [05411], and the children [01121] of Solomon's [08010] servants [05650], were three [07969] hundred [03967] ninety [08673] and two [08147].
55 The children [01121] of Solomon's [08010] servants [05650]: the children [01121] of Sotai [05479], the children [01121] of Sophereth [05618], the children [01121] of Peruda [06514],
2 And Solomon [08010] sent [07971] to Hiram [02438], saying [0559],
63 And Solomon [08010] offered [02076] a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which he offered [02076] unto the LORD [03068], two [08147] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] oxen [01241], and an hundred [03967] and twenty [06242] thousand [0505] sheep [06629]. So the king [04428] and all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] dedicated [02596] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
17 And king [04428] Ahaz [0271] cut off [07112] the borders [04526] of the bases [04350], and removed [05493] the laver [03595] from off them; and took down [03381] the sea [03220] from off the brasen [05178] oxen [01241] that were under it, and put [05414] it upon a pavement [04837] of stones [068].
5 And he sent [07971] young men [05288] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], which offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930], and sacrificed [02076] peace [08002] offerings [02077] of oxen [06499] unto the LORD [03068].
14 For he had possession [04735] of flocks [06629], and possession [04735] of herds [01241], and great store [07227] of servants [05657]: and the Philistines [06430] envied [07065] him.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun [08121] went down [0935], and it was dark [05939], behold a smoking [06227] furnace [08574], and a burning [0784] lamp [03940] that passed [05674] between [0996] those pieces [01506].
49 One [0259] law [08451] shall be to him that is homeborn [0249], and unto the stranger [01616] that sojourneth [01481] among [08432] you.
7 I got [07069] me servants [05650] and maidens [08198], and had servants born [01121] in my house [01004]; also I had great [07235] possessions [04735] of great [01241] and small cattle [06629] above all that were in Jerusalem [03389] before [06440] me:
24 Seventy [07657] weeks [07620] are determined [02852] upon thy people [05971] and upon thy holy [06944] city [05892], to finish [03607] the transgression [06588], and to make an end [08552] [02856] of sins [02403], and to make reconciliation [03722] for iniquity [05771], and to bring in [0935] everlasting [05769] righteousness [06664], and to seal up [02856] the vision [02377] and prophecy [05030], and to anoint [04886] the most [06944] Holy [06944].
26 And the sons [01121] of Zilpah [02153], Leah's [03812] handmaid [08198]; Gad [01410], and Asher [0836]: these are the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290], which were born [03205] to him in Padanaram [06307].
20 The beasts [0929] of the field [07704] cry [06165] also unto thee: for the rivers [0650] of waters [04325] are dried up [03001], and the fire [0784] hath devoured [0398] the pastures [04999] of the wilderness [04057].
5 Whose possessors [07069] slay [02026] them, and hold themselves not guilty [0816]: and they that sell [04376] them say [0559], Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068]; for I am rich [06238]: and their own shepherds [07462] pity [02550] them not.
16 I communed [01696] with mine own heart [03820], saying [0559], Lo, I am come to great estate [01431], and have gotten [03254] more wisdom [02451] than all they that have been before [06440] me in Jerusalem [03389]: yea, my heart [03820] had great [07235] experience [07200] of wisdom [02451] and knowledge [01847].
10 Is there [03426] any thing [01697] whereof it may be said [0559], See [07200], this is new [02319]? it hath been already [03528] of old time [05769], which was before [06440] us.
14 And when Abram [087] heard [08085] that his brother [0251] was taken captive [07617], he armed [07324] his trained [02593] servants, born [03211] in his own house [01004], three [07969] hundred [03967] and eighteen [06240] [08083], and pursued [07291] them unto Dan [01835].
12 And he that is eight [08083] days [03117] old [01121] shall be circumcised [04135] among you, every man child [02145] in your generations [01755], he that is born [03211] in the house [01004], or bought [04736] with money [03701] of any stranger [01121] [05236], which is not of thy seed [02233].