Genesis 30:37

Good News Translation

Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them.

Cross References

Genesis 30:36

and then went away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's 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.

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will be afraid of high places, and walking will be dangerous. Your hair will turn white; you will hardly be able to drag yourself along, and all desire will be gone. We are going to our final resting place, and then there will be mourning in the streets.

Jeremiah 1:11

The Lord asked me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I answered, “A branch of an almond tree.”

Ezekiel 31:8

No cedar in God's garden could compare with it. No fir tree ever had such branches, And no plane tree such limbs. No tree in God's own garden was so beautiful.