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Genesis 30:38

What does Genesis 30:38 mean?

A plain-English look at Genesis 30:38 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

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WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out; that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink.

Context

v.37And 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.

v.38This passage

v.39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

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