Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks,
Genesis 30:42 - English Standard Version 2016 but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But when the sheep and goats were feeble, he omitted putting the rods there; so the feebler animals were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's. American Standard Version (1901) but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. Common English Bible But he didn’t put branches up for the weakest of the flock. So the weakest became Laban’s and the strongest Jacob’s. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet when the late arrivals and the last to conceive were let in, he did not place these. And so those that arrived late became Laban's, and those that arrived first became Jacob's. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, become Laban's: and they of the first time, Jacob's. |
Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks,
Thus the man increased greatly and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.
And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.