“Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;”
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle — the Reubenites and Gadites, observing the fertile Transjordanian regions (Jazer and Gilead) with abundant pasture, covet that territory for their livestock. The mention of their "very great multitude of cattle" explains their interest: their pastoral wealth makes them gravitate toward the best grazing land available.
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