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Genesis 30:37

Israel

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.

36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

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.

39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

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BSB
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
KJV
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.
WEB
Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
ASV
And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
DARBY
And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.
BLB
And Jacob took for himself rods of fresh poplar and of almond and plane tree, and he peeled in them white stripes exposing the white that [was] in the rods.
ÅB
Men Jakob tok seg friske kjepper av poppel-, hassel- og lønnetrær og skavde hvite striper på dem, så det hvite på kjeppene kom fram.
OTB
Jakob tok deretter friske staver av poppel, mandel og platantrær, og skrelte hvite striper i dem, og blottet det hvite på stavene.
B1930
Men Jakob tok sig friske kjepper av poppel-, hassel- og lønnetrær og skavde hvite striper på dem, så det hvite på kjeppene kom frem.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 31:8

    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.

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  • Genesis 31:9–13

    Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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