Genesis 30:41
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Genesis 30:41 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain