John Gill Commentary Genesis 32:14

"two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams," — Genesis 32:14 (ASV)

Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes ,
and twenty rams .
] And it seems this proportion of one he goat to ten she goats, and of one ram to ten ewes, is a proper one, and what has been so judged in other times and countries ^F24 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: Varro de rustica, l. 2. c. 3. apud Bochart. Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 43. col. 439. &c. 53. col. 648.