Genesis 30:42
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.
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
43 Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
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
- But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
- KJV
- But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- WEB
- but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- ASV
- but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban`s, and the stronger Jacob`s.
- DARBY
- but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
- BLB
- And the flock [that] were feeble, he did not put [them] in. So the feeble ones were to Laban, and the strong ones to Jacob.
- ÅB
- men når det var svakt småfe, la han ikke kjeppene der; slik kom de svake til å tilhøre Laban og de sterke Jakob.
- OTB
- men når dyrene var svake, satte han dem ikke der. Så de svake dyrene gikk til Laban og de sterke til Jakob.
- B1930
- men når det var svakt småfe, la han ikke kjeppene der; således kom de svake til å tilhøre Laban og de sterke Jakob.