Genesis 30:41

New Living Translation

Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.

Cross References

Genesis 30:38

Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated.

Genesis 30:40

Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.

Genesis 30:42

But he didn’t do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob’s.