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Genesis 30:36-38
International Standard Version
Genesis 30:36-38
International Standard Version
36 He sent them as far away from Jacob as a three days’ journey could take them.
Meanwhile, Jacob kept tending the rest of Laban’s flock. 37 Jacob took branches[a] from white poplar trees, freshly cut almond trees, and some other trees,[b] stripped off their bark to make white streaks, and uncovered the white part inside the branches. 38 Then he placed the branches that he had stripped bare in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He placed the branches in front of the flock, and they went into heat as they came to drink.
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- Genesis 30:37 Lit. took a rod
- Genesis 30:37 Or and plane trees; i.e. a species of trees that could readily be stripped of their bark
Genesis 30:36-38
New International Version
Genesis 30:36-38
New International Version
36 Then he put a three-day journey(A) between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond(B) and plane trees(C) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.(D) 38 Then he placed the peeled branches(E) in all the watering troughs,(F) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat(G) and came to drink,
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