Genesis 30:41-43

New Catholic Bible

⁴¹ Every once in a while, the healthier animals mated, and Jacob would put the shoots in the trough where the animals could see them, so that they would mate in the sight of the shoots. ⁴² When the animals were weak, he did not put them there. Thus, the weak animals belonged to Laban, and those that were healthy belonged to Jacob. ⁴³ He grew rich beyond measure and possessed great numbers of flocks, male and female slaves, and camels and donkeys.