Genesis 30:37
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.”
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“Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that <FI>is<Fi> on the rods,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 30:37 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
- Ezekiel 31:8The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
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