They took, which comes at the end of the verse in the Hebrew, may require a word that applies particularly to this type of context such as “loot” or “plunder.”

Flocks refers to their sheep and goats. Herds refers to their cattle. For asses see 22.3.

And whatever was in the city and in the field is a summary statement that says “they carried away everything they could find inside the town and out in the country.”

Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .