Genesis 30:37
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And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.

Genesis 30:36
And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock.

Genesis 30:38
And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out; that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.

Ecclesiastes 12:5
And they shall fear high things, and they shall be afraid in the way, the almond tree shall flourish, the locust shall be made fat, and the caper tree shall be destroyed: because man shall go into the house of his eternity, and the mourners shall go round about in the street.

Jeremiah 1:11
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said: I see a rod watching.

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And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.

Jacob.

Genesis 31:9-13 And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me. . . .

green poplar.

hasel.

chestnut tree.

Ezekiel 31:8 The cedars in the paradise of God were not higher than he, the fir trees did not equal his top, neither were the plane trees to be compared with him for branches: no tree in the paradise of God was like him in his beauty.

Context
Jacob Prospers
36And he set the space of three days journey betwixt himself and his son-in-law, who fed the rest of his flock. 37And Jacob took green rods of poplar, and of almond, and of plane-trees, and pilled them in part: so when the bark was taken off, in the parts that were pilled, there appeared whiteness: but the parts that were whole, remained green: and by this means the colour was divers.38And he put them in the troughs, where the water was poured out; that when the flocks should come to drink, they might have the rods before their eyes, and in the sight of them might conceive.…
Lexicon
Jacob, however,
יַעֲקֹ֗ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

took
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (way·yiq·qaḥ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

fresh
לַ֖ח (laḥ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3892: Fresh, unused, undried

branches
מַקַּ֥ל (maq·qal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4731: A shoot, stick

of poplar,
לִבְנֶ֛ה (liḇ·neh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3839: Some sort of whitish tree, the storax

almond,
וְל֣וּז (wə·lūz)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3869: Some kind of nuttree, the almond

and plane trees,
וְעֶרְמ֑וֹן‪‬ (wə·‘er·mō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6196: The plane tree

and peeled
וַיְפַצֵּ֤ל (way·p̄aṣ·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6478: To peel

[the bark],
בָּהֵן֙ (bā·hên)
Preposition | third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew

exposing
מַחְשֹׂף֙ (maḥ·śōp̄)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4286: A laying bare, stripping

the white
לְבָנ֔וֹת (lə·ḇā·nō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3836: White

inner wood
פְּצָל֣וֹת (pə·ṣā·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6479: A peeled spot or stripe

of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the branches.
הַמַּקְלֽוֹת׃ (ham·maq·lō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4731: A shoot, stick


Additional Translations
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.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.

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.

And Jacob took to himself green rods of storax tree and walnut and plane-tree; and Jacob peeled in them white stripes; and as he drew off the green, the white stripe which he had made appeared alternate on the rods.

And Jacob took fresh rods of white poplar, almond-tree, and maple; and peeled off white stripes in them, uncovering the white which was on the rods.

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree; and peeled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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 is on the rods,
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