Genesis 30:36
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 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.
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- KJV
- And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- WEB
- He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- ASV
- and he set three days` journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban`s flocks.
- DARBY
- And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.
- BLB
- And he put a journey of three days between himself and between Jacob, and Jacob was pasturing the flock of Laban, the remaining ones.
- ÅB
- og han la tre dagsreiser mellom seg og Jakob. Og Jakob gjætte resten av Labans småfe.
- OTB
- Han satte en avstand på tre dagers reise mellom seg selv og Jakob, mens Jakob fortsatte å gjete resten av Labans flokker.
- B1930
- og han la tre dagsreiser mellem sig og Jakob. Og Jakob gjætte resten av Labans småfe.