Genesis 31:8
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If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
In other translations
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518כֹּהkohthusH3541יֹאמַרyomarhe saidH559נְקֻדִּיםnekudimspeckled [ones]H5348יִהְיֶהyihyehit will beH1961שְׂכָרֶךָsekharekhawage[s] yourH7939וְיָלְדוּveyalduand they boreH3205כָל־khol-allH3605הַצֹּאןhatzonthe flockH6629נְקֻדִּיםnekudimspeckled [ones]H5348וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518כֹּהkohthusH3541יֹאמַרyomarhe saidH559עֲקֻדִּים'akudimstriped [ones]H6124יִהְיֶהyihyehit will beH1961שְׂכָרֶךָsekharekhawage[s] yourH7939וְיָלְדוּveyalduand they boreH3205כָל־khol-allH3605הַצֹּאןhatzonthe flockH6629עֲקֻדִּים׃'akudimstriped [ones]H6124
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 30:32I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
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