Genesis 30:37

New Century Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 30:36

Then he took these animals to a place that was three days’ journey away from Jacob. Jacob took care of all the flocks that were left.

Genesis 30:38

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

Ecclesiastes 12:5

You will fear high places and will be afraid to go for a walk. Your hair will become white like the flowers on an almond tree. You will limp along like a grasshopper when you walk. Your appetite will be gone. Then you will go to your everlasting home, and people will go to your funeral.

Jeremiah 1:11

The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I answered, “I see a stick of almond wood.”

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedar trees in the garden of God were not as great as it was. The pine trees did not have such great limbs. The plane trees did not have such branches. No tree in the garden of God was as beautiful as this tree.