Genesis 30:42
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
but when the flockהַצֹּ֖אן
(ha·tzon)
6629: small cattle, sheep and goats, flockfrom an unused word
was feeble,וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף
(u·ve·ha·'a·tif)
5848c: to be feeble or fainta prim. root
he did not putיָשִׂ֑ים
(ya·sim;)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
[them] in; so the feeblerהָעֲטֻפִים֙
(ha·'a·tu·fim)
5848c: to be feeble or fainta prim. root
were Laban'sלְלָבָ֔ן
(le·la·van,)
3837a: father-in-law of Jacobfrom laben
and the strongerוְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים
(ve·hak·ke·shu·rim)
7194: to bind, league together, conspirea prim. root
Jacob's.לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
(le·ya·'a·kov.)
3290: a son of Isaac, also his desc.from the same as aqeb


















KJV Lexicon
But when the cattle
tso'n  (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
were feeble
`ataph  (aw-taf')
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish -- cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
he put them not in
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
so the feebler
`ataph  (aw-taf')
to shroud, i.e. clothe (whether transitive or reflex.); hence (from the idea of darkness) to languish -- cover (over), fail, faint, feebler, hide self, be overwhelmed, swoon.
were Laban's
Laban  (law-bawn')
Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert -- Laban.
and the stronger
qashar  (kaw-shar')
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) -- bind (up), (make a) conspire(-acy, -ator), join together, knit, stronger, work (treason).
Jacob's
Ya`aqob  (yah-ak-obe')
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch -- Jacob.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.

King James Bible
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As for the weaklings of the flocks, he did not put out the branches. So it turned out that the weak sheep belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

International Standard Version
But he didn't put the branches in front of any of the feeble members of the flock. As a result, the feeble ones belonged to Laban, but the stronger ones belonged to Jacob.

NET Bible
But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But when the flocks in heat were weak, he didn't lay down the branches. So the weaker ones belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

King James 2000 Bible
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
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