Genesis 30:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.”
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“they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 30:39 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 31:9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
- Genesis 31:10When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
- Genesis 31:38I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
- Genesis 31:40As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
- Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- Exodus 12:35Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
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