Verse 41
Genesis 30:41
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the roughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֗ה בְּ/כָל יַחֵם֮ הַ/צֹּ֣אן הַ/מְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒ וְ/שָׂ֨ם יַעֲקֹ֧ב אֶת הַ/מַּקְל֛וֹת לְ/עֵינֵ֥י הַ/צֹּ֖אן בָּ/רֳהָטִ֑ים לְ/יַחְמֵ֖/נָּה בַּ/מַּקְלֽוֹת
English Translation
And it will be that in all the strong ones of the flock that are spotted, Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the troughs to make them breed by the rods.
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And again Bala conceived and bore another,
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Zelpha also bore another.
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So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the roughs of water before the eyes of the...
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