Verse 42

Genesis 30:42

World English Bible

42 but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בְ/הַעֲטִ֥יף הַ/צֹּ֖אן לֹ֣א יָשִׂ֑ים וְ/הָיָ֤ה הָ/עֲטֻפִים֙ לְ/לָבָ֔ן וְ/הַ/קְּשֻׁרִ֖ים לְ/יַעֲקֹֽב
English Translation
And when he wraps the flock, he will not set them, and it will be the wrapped ones for Laban and the spotted ones for Jacob.
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Chapter 30 Context
1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give... Focus ↗
2 Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God (Elohim)’s place, who has withheld fr... Focus ↗
3 She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtai... Focus ↗
4 She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her. Focus ↗
5 Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. Focus ↗
6 Rachel said, “God (Elohim) has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Ther... Focus ↗
7 Bilhah, Rachel’s servant, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. Focus ↗
8 Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named... Focus ↗
9 When Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her servant, and gave her to Jacob as... Focus ↗
10 Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a son. Focus ↗
11 Leah said, “How fortunate!” She named him Gad. Focus ↗
12 Zilpah, Leah’s servant, bore Jacob a second son. Focus ↗
13 Leah said, “Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy.” She named him Asher. Focus ↗
14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his... Focus ↗
15 She said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my s... Focus ↗
16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in... Focus ↗
17 God (Elohim) listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. Focus ↗
18 Leah said, “God (Elohim) has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named h... Focus ↗
19 Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob. Focus ↗
20 Leah said, “God (Elohim) has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because... Focus ↗
21 Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah. Focus ↗
22 God (Elohim) remembered Rachel, and God (Elohim) listened to her, and opened her womb. Focus ↗
23 She conceived, bore a son, and said, “God (Elohim) has taken away my reproach.” Focus ↗
24 She named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh add another son to me.” Focus ↗
25 When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and... Focus ↗
26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service... Focus ↗
27 Laban said to him, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahwe... Focus ↗
28 He said, “Appoint me your wages, and I will give it.” Focus ↗
29 He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me. Focus ↗
30 For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has bless... Focus ↗
31 He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this t... Focus ↗
32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and ev... Focus ↗
33 So my righteousness will answer for me hereafter, when you come concerning my hire that is before yo... Focus ↗
34 Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.” Focus ↗
35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that we... Focus ↗
36 He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. Focus ↗
37 Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and ma... Focus ↗
38 He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where... Focus ↗
39 The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted. Focus ↗
40 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in... Focus ↗
41 Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock... Focus ↗
42 but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger...
43 The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels a... Focus ↗