Genesis 30:39-41

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³⁹ so the flocks mated in front of the branches [rods]. Then the young that were born were streaked, speckled, or spotted [^Csince nothing in Jacob’s strategy would have produced this result, God must have done it]. ⁴⁰ Jacob separated the young animals from the others, and he made them face the streaked and dark animals in Laban’s flock. Jacob kept his animals separate from Laban’s. ⁴¹ When the stronger animals in the flock were ·mating [^Lin heat], Jacob put the ·branches [rods] before their eyes so they would mate near the branches.