Genesis 30:39 “they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were str…”

Genesis 30:39

they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

World English Bible

The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.

American Standard Version

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the sheepe were in heate before the rods, and afterward brought forth yong of partie colour, and with small and great spots.

Darby Translation

And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

Young's Literal Translation

and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.

Bible in Basic English

And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

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Cross references

“brought forth”

Genesis 31:9–12 Genesis 31:38 Genesis 31:40 Genesis 31:42 Exodus 12:35 Exodus 12:36

Genesis 31:9–12 · BSB

Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

Genesis 31:38 · BSB

I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

Genesis 31:40 · BSB

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Genesis 31:42 · BSB

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He…

Exodus 12:35 · BSB

Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

Exodus 12:36 · BSB

And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

38Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink,

40Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

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