Genesis 30:38

Modern English Version

He set the rods which he had peeled before the flocks in the troughs, that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink, so that they would mate when they came to drink.

Cross References

Genesis 30:37

Then Jacob took rods of fresh-cut poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white which was in the rods.

Genesis 30:39

The flocks mated before the rods and gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, and spotted.

Genesis 30:41

Whenever the stronger sheep mated, Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the sheep in the troughs, so that they might mate among the rods.