And the man waxed great: Dr. Adam Clarke remarks, that there is a strange and observable occurrence of the same term in the original, which is literally, "And the man was GREAT, and he went, going on, and was GREAT, until that he was exceeding GREAT." How simple is this language, and yet how forcible! waxed great: Gen 24:35, Psa 112:3 went forward: Heb. went going Reciprocal: Gen 13:2 - General Gen 30:43 - General 1Sa 25:2 - man 2Ki 3:4 - a sheepmaster 2Ch 17:5 - he had riches