Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals. New Living Translation Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s. English Standard Version And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock. Berean Standard Bible Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals. King James Bible And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. New King James Version Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s flock. New American Standard Bible Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock. NASB 1995 Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock. NASB 1977 And Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock. Legacy Standard Bible And Jacob separated the lambs, and he made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he set his own herds apart and did not set them with Laban’s flock. Amplified Bible Jacob separated the lambs, and [as he had done with the peeled branches] he made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the dark or black in the [new] flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart by themselves and did not put them [where they could breed] with Laban’s flock. Christian Standard Bible Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked sheep and the completely dark sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn’t put them with Laban’s sheep. Holman Christian Standard Bible Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked and the completely dark sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn’t put them with Laban’s sheep. American Standard Version And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Yaquuv separated and he put before the flock white spotted forehead and spotted lambs and every one speckled among the flock of Laban, and he made a flock for himself alone and he did mingle them in the flock of Laban. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban. Contemporary English Version Some of the sheep that Jacob was keeping for Laban were already spotted. And when the others were ready to mate, he made sure that they faced in the direction of the spotted and black ones. In this way, Jacob built up a flock of sheep for himself and did not put them with the other sheep. Douay-Rheims Bible And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams: and all the white and the black were Laban's: and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other. English Revised Version And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jacob separated the rams from the flock and made the rest of the sheep face any that were striped or black in Laban's flocks. So he made separate herds for himself and did not add them to Laban's flocks. Good News Translation Jacob kept the sheep separate from the goats and made them face in the direction of the streaked and black animals of Laban's flock. In this way he built up his own flock and kept it apart from Laban's. International Standard Version Jacob kept the lambs separate, facing the striped and entirely black ones that belonged to Laban's flock. He set his own herd by itself and would not let them be with Laban's flock. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Jacob separated the lambs--he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the flock of Laban--and put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. Literal Standard Version And Jacob has parted the lambs, and he puts the face of the flock toward the striped, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he sets his own droves by themselves, and has not set them near Laban’s flock. Majority Standard Bible Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals. New American Bible The sheep, on the other hand, Jacob kept apart, and he made these animals face the streaked or completely dark animals of Laban. Thus he produced flocks of his own, which he did not put with Laban’s flock. NET Bible Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban's flocks. New Revised Standard Version Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and the completely black animals in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock. New Heart English Bible Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban. So he kept his own flocks separate, and did not put them into Laban�s flock. Webster's Bible Translation And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle. World English Bible Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in Laban’s flock. He put his own droves apart, and didn’t put them into Laban’s flock. Young's Literal Translation And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jacob Prospers…39they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. 40Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals. 41Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.… Cross References Genesis 30:39 they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. Genesis 30:41 Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches. Treasury of Scripture And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban's cattle. Jump to Previous Apart Black Brown Cattle Dark Dark-Colored Droves Face Faces Flock Flocks Jacob Lambs Rest Ring-Streaked Separate Separated Streaked Themselves Towards YoungJump to Next Apart Black Brown Cattle Dark Dark-Colored Droves Face Faces Flock Flocks Jacob Lambs Rest Ring-Streaked Separate Separated Streaked Themselves Towards YoungGenesis 30 1. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.5. Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali. 9. Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher. 14. Reuben finds mandrakes, 15. with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel. 17. Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22. Rachel bears Joseph. 25. Jacob desires to depart. 27. Laban detains him on a new agreement. 37. Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich. (40) Jacob . . . set the faces of the flocks toward . . . --As the speckled lambs and kids would for some time remain with Labau's flocks, this may perhaps mean that, when driving them to water, Jacob placed all the striped kids and dark lambs together, that, by being in a mass, they might work upon the imagination of the ewes and she-goats. Finally, after these had conceived he drove the parti-coloured young away to his own flocks.Verse 40. - And Jacob did separate the lambs (i.e. the speckled lambs procured by the foregoing artifice he removed from the main body of the flock), and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban (this was Jacob's second artifice, to make the speckled lambs serve the same purpose as the pilled rods); and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle - so that they were not exposed to the risk of producing offspring of uniform color. 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Hebrew Jacobיַעֲקֹב֒ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc set apart הִפְרִ֣יד (hip̄·rîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6504: To break through, spread, separate the young, וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ (wə·hak·kə·śā·ḇîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3775: A young sheep but made וַ֠יִּתֵּן (way·yit·tên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the [rest] הַצֹּ֧אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock face פְּנֵ֨י (pə·nê) Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the streaked עָקֹ֛ד (‘ā·qōḏ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6124: Striped, streaked dark-colored ח֖וּם (ḥūm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2345: Darkened, dark brown or black sheep in Laban’s לָבָ֑ן (lā·ḇān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob flocks. בְּצֹ֣אן (bə·ṣōn) Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock Then he set וַיָּֽשֶׁת־ (way·yā·šeṯ-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set his own stock עֲדָרִים֙ (‘ă·ḏā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5739: An arrangement, muster apart לְבַדּ֔וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of and did not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no put שָׁתָ֖ם (šā·ṯām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7896: To put, set them with עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Laban’s לָבָֽן׃ (lā·ḇān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob animals. צֹ֥אן (ṣōn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock Links Genesis 30:40 NIVGenesis 30:40 NLT Genesis 30:40 ESV Genesis 30:40 NASB Genesis 30:40 KJV Genesis 30:40 BibleApps.com Genesis 30:40 Biblia Paralela Genesis 30:40 Chinese Bible Genesis 30:40 French Bible Genesis 30:40 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 30:40 Jacob separated the lambs and set (Gen. 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