his army, and Ahuzzath, who says to him “Let there be now an oath betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee, that thou wilt do us no hurt.”  Gen. xxvi. 13, 14, 16, 26, 28, 29.—­A plain concession of the power which Isaac had both for aggression and defence in his “great store of servants;” that is, of willing and affectionate adherents to him as a just and benevolent prince.  When Hamor and Shechem speak to the Hivites of the riches of Abraham and his sons, they say, “Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours?” Gen. xxxiv. 23.  See also Josh. xxii. 8; Gen. xxxiv. 23; Job. xlii. 12; 2 Chron. xxi. 3; xxxii. 27-29; Job. i. 3-5; Deut. viii. 12-17; Gen. xxiv. 35; xxvi. 13; xxx. 43.  Jacob’s wives say to him, “All the riches which God has taken from our father that is ours and our children’s.”  Then follows an inventory of property—­“All his cattle,” “all his goods,” “the cattle of his getting.”  His numerous servants are not included with his property.  Comp.  Gen. xxx. 43, with Gen. xxxi. 16-18.  When Jacob sent messengers to Esau, wishing to impress him with an idea of his state and sway, he bade them tell him not only of his RICHES, but of his GREATNESS; that he had “oxen, and asses, and flocks, and men-servants, and maid-servants.”  Gen. xxxii. 4, 5.  Yet in the present which he sent, there were no servants; though he manifestly selected the most valuable kinds of property.  Gen. xxxii. 14, 15; see also Gen. xxxvi. 6, 7; xxxiv. 23.  As flocks and herds were the staples of wealth, a large number of servants presupposed large possessions of cattle, which would require many herdsmen.  When Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt it is repeatedly asserted that they took all that they had.  “Their cattle and their goods which they had gotten in the land of Canaan,” “Their flocks and their herds” are mentioned, but no servants.  And as we have besides a full catalogue of the household, we know that he took with him no servants.  That Jacob had many servants before his migration into Egypt, we learn from Gen, xxx. 43; xxxii. 5, 16, 19.  That he was not the proprietor of these servants as his property is a probable inference from the fact that he did not take them with him, since we are expressly told that he did take all his property.  Gen. xlv. 10; xlvi. 1, 32; xlvii. 1.  When servants are spoken of in connection with mere property, the terms used to express the latter do not include the former.  The Hebrew word mikne, is an illustration.  It is derived from kana, to procure, to buy, and its meaning is, a possession, wealth, riches.  It occurs more than forty times in the Old Testament, and is applied always to mere property, generally to domestic animals, but never to servants.  In some instances, servants are mentioned in distinction from the mikne.  “And Abraham took