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Genesis 30:39

37 Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

38 Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

40 Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

41 Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.

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BSB
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
KJV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
WEB
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
ASV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
DARBY
And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
BLB
And the flock conceived before the rods, and the flock brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted ones.
ÅB
Så parret småfeet seg ved kjeppene og fikk stripete, flekkete og spraglete unger.
OTB
Flokkene parret seg ved stavene, og flokkene fødte unger som var stripete, prikkete og flekkete.
B1930
Så parret småfeet sig ved kjeppene og fikk stripete, flekkete og spraglete unger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:35–36

    Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

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  • Genesis 31:40

    As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

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  • Genesis 31:38

    I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

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  • Genesis 31:42

    If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”

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  • Genesis 31:9–12

    Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

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