Genesis 30:35-37
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
35 That same day Laban removed the streaked and spotted he-goats and all the speckled and spotted she-goats, all those with some white on them, as well as every dark lamb, and he put them in the care of his sons.[a] 36 Then he put a three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flock.
37 Jacob, however, got some fresh shoots of poplar, almond and plane[b] trees, and he peeled white stripes in them by laying bare the white core of the shoots.
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- 30:35 By giving the abnormally colored animals to his sons, Laban not only deprived Jacob of his first small wages, but he also schemed to prevent the future breeding of such animals in the flock entrusted to Jacob.
- 30:37 Plane: also called the Oriental Plane, a deciduous tree found in riverine forests and marshes.
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