Genesis 30:37 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁷ Jacob then took branches of fresh poplar, almond, and plane wood, and peeled the bark, exposing white stripes on the branches.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ But Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white in the rods.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Common English Bible

³⁷ Then Jacob took new branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees; and he peeled white stripes on them, exposing the branches’ white color.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ Then Jacob, taking green branches of poplar, and almond, and sycamore trees, debarked them in part. And when the bark was pulled off, in the parts that were stripped, there appeared whiteness, yet the parts that were left whole, remained green. And so, in this way the color was made variegated.

Genesis 30:37 Cross References

Genesis 30:36

He put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Jacob, meanwhile, was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flock.

Genesis 30:38

He set the peeled branches in the troughs in front of the sheep #– #in the water channels where the sheep came to drink. And the sheep bred when they came to drink.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

Also, they are afraid of heights and dangers on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caperberry has no effect; for the mere mortal is headed to his eternal home, and mourners will walk around in the street;

Jeremiah 1:11

Then the word of the Lord came to me, asking, ‘What do you see, Jeremiah? ’ I replied, ‘I see a branch of an almond tree.’

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in God’s garden could not eclipse it; the pine trees couldn’t compare with its branches, nor could the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with it in beauty.