Genesis 30:42

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.”

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BSBPD

“But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set <FI>them<Fi> ; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 30:42 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 31:12‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

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