Genesis 30:37

Bible in Basic English 1965

Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

Cross References

Genesis 30:36

And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

Genesis 30:38

And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

And he is in fear of that which is high, and danger is in the road, and the tree is white with flower, and the least thing is a weight, and desire is at an end, because man goes to his last resting-place, and those who are sorrowing are in the streets;

Jeremiah 1:11

Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree.

Ezekiel 31:8

No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.