Genesis 30:38-40

EasyEnglish Bible

³⁸ Then he put the branches in the place where there were big bowls of water for the animals to drink. They were in front of the animals when they came to drink. The animals could see the branches when it was the right time for them to have sex together. ³⁹ When they had sex in front of the branches, they gave birth to babies that had skin with marks. ⁴⁰ Jacob kept these lambs separate from Laban's animals. He took the rest of Laban's female animals to join with the animals that had marks or were black. In that way he got more animals that would belong to him. He kept them separate from Laban's animals.