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. People Asher, Bilhah, Dan, Dinah, Gad, Issachar, Jacob, Joseph, Laban, Leah, Naphtali, Rachel, Reuben, Zebulun, ZilpahPlaces Paddan-aramTopics Animals, Apart, Belonged, Black, Brown, Cattle, Dark, Dark-colored, Didn't, Droves, Face, Faces, Flock, Flocks, Herds, Jacob, Kept, Laban, Laban's, Lambs, Parted, Putteth, Rest, Ringstraked, Ring-straked, Ringstreaked, Ring-streaked, Separate, Separated, Setteth, Streaked, Striped, Themselves, Thus, TowardsOutline 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.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 YoungLibrary Meditations for Household Piety.
1. If thou be called to the government of a family, thou must not hold it sufficient to serve God and live uprightly in thy own person, unless thou cause all under thy charge to do the same with thee. For the performance of this duty God was so well pleased with Abraham, that he would not hide from him his counsel: "For," saith God, "I know him that he will command his sons and his household after him that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of PietyGenesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: 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.KJV: 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.
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