³⁵ That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-colored lambs,^(A) and he placed them in the care of his sons.^{(B) 36} Then he put a three-day journey^(C) between himself and Jacob, while Jacob continued to tend the rest of Laban’s flocks.

³⁷ Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond^(D) and plane trees^(E) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.^(F)