²² Then God remembered Rachel;^(A) he listened to her^(B) and enabled her to conceive.^(C)

³³ And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored,^(A) will be considered stolen.^(B)”

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

³⁹ they mated in front of the branches.^(A) And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.^{(B) 40} Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals^(C) that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. ⁴¹ Whenever the stronger females were in heat,^(D) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,^{(E) 42} but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.^{(F) 43} In this way the man grew exceedingly prosperous and came to own large flocks, and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.^(G)