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And Jacob took him rods of green poplar,
and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. Genesis 30:37 KJV |
Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees,
and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. Genesis 30:37 ESV |
And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink,
that they should conceive when they came to drink. Genesis 30:38 KJV |
He set the sticks that he had peeled in front of the flocks in the troughs,
that is, the watering places, where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred when they came to drink, Genesis 30:38 ESV |
And the flocks conceived before the rods,
and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. Genesis 30:39 KJV |
the flocks bred in front of the sticks and so the flocks brought forth striped,
speckled, and spotted. Genesis 30:39 ESV |
And it came to pass,
whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. Genesis 30:41 KJV |
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 30:41 ESV |