Genesis 30:37

Genesis chapter 30 · verse 37 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Context

v.36and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

v.37This passage

v.38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 31:8

    The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

  • Genesis 31:9

    Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.