Genesis 30:38

Revised Standard Version

He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the runnels, that is, the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink,

Cross References

Genesis 30:37

Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the rods.

Genesis 30:39

the flocks bred in front of the rods and so the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.

Genesis 30:41

Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding Jacob laid the rods in the runnels before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the rods,