Genesis 30:41-43

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⁴¹ When the stronger animals in the flock were ·mating [^Lin heat], Jacob put the ·branches [rods] before their eyes so they would mate near the branches. ⁴² But when the ·weaker [feebler] animals ·mated [^Lwere in heat], Jacob did not put the ·branches [rods] there. So the animals born from the ·weaker [feebler] animals were Laban’s, and those born from the stronger animals were Jacob’s. ⁴³ In this way ·Jacob [^Lthe man] became very rich. He had large flocks, many male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.