Genesis 30:35
33 So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
34 “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”
That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
36 Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
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- BSB
- That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.
- KJV
- And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
- WEB
- That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.
- ASV
- And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;
- DARBY
- And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
- BLB
- And that day he removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and he gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
- ÅB
- Og samme dag skilte han ut de stripete og spraglete geitebukker og alle flekkete og spraglete geiter, alt det som hadde noe hvitt på seg, og alt sort blant sauene; og han lot sine sønner ta vare på det,
- OTB
- Samme dag fjernet han de stripete og flekkete bukkene, og alle de prikkete og flekkete geitene, hver som hadde hvitt på seg, og alle de mørkfargede lammene, og satte dem under sine sønners omsorg.
- B1930
- Og samme dag skilte han ut de stripete og spraglete gjetebukker og alle flekkete og spraglete gjeter, alt det som hadde noget hvitt på sig, og alt sort blandt fårene; og han lot sine sønner ta vare på det,
Study notes (Tyndale)
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Cross references
Genesis 31:9
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
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