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Genesis 30:39
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KJ21
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth animals ringstreaked, speckled and spotted.
ASV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
AMP
So the flocks mated and conceived by the branches, and the flocks gave birth to streaked, speckled, and spotted offspring.
AMPC
The flocks bred and conceived in sight of the rods and brought forth lambs and kids streaked, speckled, and spotted.
BRG
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
CSB
The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.
CSBA
The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.
CEB
When the flock mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to striped, speckled, and spotted young.
CJB
the animals mated in sight of the rods and gave birth to streaked, speckled and spotted young.
CEV
in front of the branches, and their young were spotted and speckled.
DARBY
And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
DRA
And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.
ERV
Then when the goats mated in front of the branches, the young that were born were spotted, striped, or black.
EASY
When they had sex in front of the branches, they gave birth to babies that had skin with marks.
EHV
The flocks conceived in front of the branches, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted animals.
ESV
the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
ESVUK
the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
EXB
so the flocks mated in front of the branches [rods]. Then the young that were born were streaked, speckled, or spotted [C since nothing in Jacob’s strategy would have produced this result, God must have done it].
GNV
And the sheep were in heat before the rods, and afterward brought forth young of parti-color, and with small and great spots.
GW
they mated in front of the branches. Then they gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, or spotted.
GNT
So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
HCSB
The flocks bred in front of the branches and bore streaked, speckled, and spotted young.
ICB
So the goats mated in front of the branches. Then the young that were born were streaked, speckled, or spotted.
ISV
When the flocks mated in front of the branches, they would bear offspring that were striped, speckled, or spotted.
JUB
And the flocks conceived before the rods and brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted sheep.
KJV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
AKJV
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
LSB
So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
LEB
And the flocks mated by the branches, so the flocks bore streaked, speckled, and spotted.
TLB
So the flocks mated before the white-streaked rods, and their offspring were streaked and spotted, and Jacob added them to his flock. Then he divided out the ewes from Laban’s flock and segregated them from the rams, and let them mate only with Jacob’s black rams. Thus he built his flocks from Laban’s.
MSG
But Jacob got fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled the bark, leaving white stripes on them. He stuck the peeled branches in front of the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. When the flocks were in heat, they came to drink and mated in front of the streaked branches. Then they gave birth to young that were streaked or spotted or speckled. Jacob placed the ewes before the dark-colored animals of Laban. That way he got distinctive flocks for himself which he didn’t mix with Laban’s flocks. And when the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob placed branches at the troughs in view of the animals so that they mated in front of the branches. But he wouldn’t set up the branches before the feebler animals. That way the feeble animals went to Laban and the sturdy ones to Jacob.
MEV
The flocks mated before the rods and gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
NOG
they mated in front of the branches. Then they gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, or spotted.
NABRE
the goats mated by the shoots, and so they gave birth to streaked, speckled and spotted young.
NASB
So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks delivered striped, speckled, and spotted offspring.
NASB1995
So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
NCB
Thus, the animals mated in the sight of the shoots, and the goats had kids that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
NCV
so the flocks mated in front of the branches. Then the young that were born were streaked, speckled, or spotted.
NET
When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
NIRV
So they mated in front of the branches. And the flocks gave birth to striped, speckled or spotted little ones.
NIV
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
NIVUK
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
NKJV
So the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.
NLV
So the flocks mated in front of the sticks. And the young that were born had spots.
NLT
And when they mated in front of the white-streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
NRSVA
the flocks bred in front of the rods, and so the flocks produced young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
NRSVACE
the flocks bred in front of the rods, and so the flocks produced young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
NRSVCE
the flocks bred in front of the rods, and so the flocks produced young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
NRSVUE
the flocks bred in front of the rods, and so the flocks produced young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
OJB
And the flocks bred before the maklot, and brought forth tzon streaked, speckled, and spotted.
RGT
And the sheep were in heat before the rods; and they brought forth young of parti-color and with small and great spots.
RSV
the flocks bred in front of the rods and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
RSVCE
the flocks bred in front of the rods and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
TLV
the flocks mated near the branches, and the flocks gave birth to striped, spotted and colorful ones.
VOICE
the flocks mated in front of the branches and produced young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.
WEB
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
WYC
they should have the rods before their eyes, and they should conceive in [the] sight of the rods. And it was done that in that heat of riding, or engendering, the sheep should behold those rods, and that they should bring forth spotted beasts, and diverse, and besprinkled with diverse colour. (they would have the branches before their eyes, and they would conceive in front of the branches. And so it was done that in the heat of riding, or of begetting, the sheep saw those branches, and later they brought forth beasts that were spotted, and diverse, and besprinkled with diverse colour, like the branches were.)
YLT
and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-straked, speckled, and spotted ones.
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