Genesis 30:39

Good News Translation (US Version)

So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Cross References

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment.”

Genesis 31:40

Many times I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was not able to sleep.

Genesis 31:38

I have been with you now for twenty years; your sheep and your goats have not failed to reproduce, and I have not eaten any rams from your flocks.

Genesis 30:38

He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink.

Genesis 30:40

Jacob kept the sheep separate from the goats and made them face in the direction of the streaked and black animals of Laban's flock. In this way he built up his own flock and kept it apart from Laban's.

Genesis 31:8

Whenever Laban said, ‘The speckled goats shall be your wages,’ all the flocks produced speckled young. When he said, ‘The striped goats shall be your wages,’ all the flocks produced striped young.