Genesis 30:36-38
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35-36 So that very day Laban went out and formed a flock for Jacob of all the male goats that were ringed and spotted, and the females that were speckled and spotted with any white patches, and all of the black sheep. He gave them to Jacob’s sons to take them three days’ distance, and Jacob stayed and cared for Laban’s flock. 37 Then Jacob took fresh shoots from poplar, almond, and sycamore trees, and peeled white streaks in them, 38 and placed these rods beside the watering troughs so that Laban’s flocks would see them when they came to drink; for that is when they mated.
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Genesis 30:36-38
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36 Then he put a three-day journey(A) 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(B) and plane trees(C) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.(D) 38 Then he placed the peeled branches(E) in all the watering troughs,(F) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat(G) and came to drink,
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