Genesis 30:36
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And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.

Context
Jacob Prospers
35And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons. 36And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.37And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.…
Cross References
Genesis 30:35
And he separated the same day the she-goats, and the sheep, and the he-goats, and the rams of divers colours, and spotted; and all the flock of one colour, that is, of white and black fleece, he delivered into the hands of his sons.

Genesis 30:37
And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.

Lexicon
Then he put
וַיָּ֗שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a three-day
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

journey
דֶּ֚רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

between
בֵּינ֖וֹ (bê·nōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between

himself and Jacob,
יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

while Jacob
וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב (wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

was shepherding
רֹעֶ֛ה (rō·‘eh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with

the rest
הַנּוֹתָרֹֽת׃ (han·nō·w·ṯā·rōṯ)
Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

of Laban’s
לָבָ֖ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

flocks.
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock


Additional Translations
Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

and he set three days journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.

And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.

and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.
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