Genesis 30:37

Easy To Read Version

So Jacob cut green branches from poplar and almond trees. Jacob stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.

Cross References

Genesis 30:36

So the sons took all the spotted animals and led them to another place. They traveled for three days. Jacob stayed and took care of all the animals that were left. {But there were no animals there that were spotted or black.}

Genesis 30:38

Jacob put the branches in front of the flocks at the watering places. When the animals came to drink, they also mated in that place.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places. You will be afraid of tripping over every small thing in your path. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will drag yourself along like a grasshopper when you walk. You will lose your desire \{to live\}. {\cf2\super [45]} And then you will go to your eternal home (the grave). The mourners {\cf2\super [46]} will gather in the streets \{as they carry your body to the grave\}.

Jeremiah 1:11

The Lord’s message came to me. This message was from the Lord: “Jeremiah, what do you see?”

Ezekiel 31:8

Even the cedar trees in God’s garden\par were not as big as this tree.\par Cypress trees did not have as many branches.\par Plane-trees did not have such branches.\par No tree in God’s garden\par was as beautiful as this tree.\par