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Genesis 30:39-41
New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 30:39-41
New American Standard Bible 1995
39 So the flocks [a]mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. 40 Jacob separated the lambs, and [b]made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock. 41 Moreover, whenever the [c]stronger of the flock [d]were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might [e]mate by the rods;
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- Genesis 30:39 Or conceived
- Genesis 30:40 Lit set the faces
- Genesis 30:41 Lit bound ones; i.e. firm and compact
- Genesis 30:41 Or conceived
- Genesis 30:41 Or conceive
Genesis 30:39-41
New International Version
Genesis 30:39-41
New International Version
39 they mated in front of the branches.(A) And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.(B) 40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals(C) that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. 41 Whenever the stronger females were in heat,(D) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,(E)
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