Genesis 12:5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan…..
[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 141] Abraham's house- hold comprised more than a thousand souls. Those who were led by his teachings to worship the one God, found a home in his encampment; and here, as in a school, they received such instruction as would prepare them to be representatives of the true faith.
Thus, a great responsibility rested upon him. He was training heads of families, and his methods of government would be carried out in the households over which they should preside.
The word of The Lord comes down to us expressly in our day, where there seems to be a deep, longing desire to get rich, or die trying. Persons seem willing to do whatever it takes to accumulate wealth, even if the laws and commandments, and instructions of God are trodden underfoot in the process.
Job 1: 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!