Genesis 30:37
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And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
In other translations
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקַּח־vaiyikach-and he tookH3947לוֹlofor <the> himselfיַעֲקֹבya'akoJacobH3290מַקַּלmakalbranch[es] ofH4731לִבְנֶהlivnehpoplarH3839לַחlachfreshly cutH3892וְלוּזveluzand almondH3869וְעֶרְמוֹןve'ermonand plane treeH6196וַיְפַצֵּלvayfatzeland he strippedH6478בָּהֵןbahenon <the> themפְּצָלוֹתpetzalotstripsH6479לְבָנוֹתlevanotwhiteH3836מַחְשֹׂףmachsof[the] peeling ofH4286הַלָּבָןhalavanthe white [wood]H3836אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834עַל־'al-[was] onH5921הַמַּקְלוֹת׃hamaklotthe branchesH4731
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Related verses
- Ezekiel 31:8The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
- Genesis 31:9-139 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. 11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.9 Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. 10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females. 11 In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’ 12 ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
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People and places
People: Jacob