Genesis 30:37

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole remained green. And by this means the colour was divers.

Cross References

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in the paradise of God were not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.

Genesis 30:36

And he set the space of three days' journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.

Genesis 30:38

And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out: that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.

Jeremiah 1:11

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremias? And I said: I see a rod watching.