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Ramban on Genesis 26:14/רמב"ן על בראשית כ״ו:י״ד
אוַיְהִי לוֹ מִקְנֵה צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה אֲתוֹנוֹת וּגְמַלִּים וַחֲמוֹרִים וַעֲבָדִים וּשְׁפָחוֹת. וְיַזְכִּיר הַכָּתוּב זֶה וְלֹא יַזְכִּיר כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר בְּאַבְרָהָם (בראשית י"ג:ב'), בַּעֲבוּר כִּי גְּדֻלָּתוֹ אֲשֶׁר נִתְגַּדֵּל בָּהּ בְּאֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בַּמִּקְנֶה וּבָעֲבֻדָּה הָיְתָה, וַיְקַנְאוּ אוֹתוֹ פְּלִשְׁתִּים בָּעִנְיָן הַהוּא. וְזֶה טַעַם "כִּי עָצַמְתָּ מִמֶּנּוּ מְאֹד", אָמַר לוֹ גַּם לִי שֶׁאֲנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵין בְּבֵיתִי מִקְנֶה וַעֲבֻדָּה כָּמוֹךָ, וְחֶרְפָּה הִיא לָנוּ לִהְיוֹת בֵּיתְךָ גָּדוֹל מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ:
1AND HE HAD POSSESSIONS OF FLOCKS, AND POSSESSIONS OF HERDS, AND A GREAT HOUSEHOLD, meaning she-asses and camels, he-asses, and men-servants and handmaids. Now Scripture mentions these but not silver and gold, as it says concerning Abraham,167, 13:2. because the wealth which he amassed in the land of the Philistines consisted of flocks and a great household.168 And the Philistines were jealous of him in this matter. This is the meaning of that which Abimelech says to Isaac, For thou art become much mightier than we.169 The king said to him, “I, too, who am the king do not have in my home such flocks and domestics as you, and it is a disgrace to us that your household is greater than that of the king.”