Genesis 30:40
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And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.

Genesis 30:39
And it came to pass, that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.

Genesis 30:41
So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them.

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And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.

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39And it came to pass, that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled. 40And Jacob separated the flock, and put the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the rams; and all the white and the black were Laban's, and the rest were Jacob's, when the flocks were separated one from the other.41So when the ewes went first to ram, Jacob put the rods in the troughs of water before the eyes of the rams, and of the ewes, that they might conceive while they were looking upon them.…
Lexicon
Jacob
יַעֲקֹב֒ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

set apart
הִפְרִ֣יד (hip̄·rîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6504: To break through, spread, separate

the young,
וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ (wə·hak·kə·śā·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3775: A young sheep

but made
וַ֠יִּתֵּן (way·yit·tên)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

the [rest]
הַצֹּ֧אן (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

face
פְּנֵ֨י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the streaked
עָקֹ֛ד (‘ā·qōḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6124: Striped, streaked

dark-colored
ח֖וּם (ḥūm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2345: Darkened, dark brown or black

sheep in Laban’s
לָבָ֑ן (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

flocks.
בְּצֹ֣אן (bə·ṣōn)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

Then he set
וַיָּֽשֶׁת־ (way·yā·šeṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

his own stock
עֲדָרִים֙ (‘ă·ḏā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5739: An arrangement, muster

apart
לְבַדּ֔וֹ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

and did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

put
שָׁתָ֖ם (šā·ṯām)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7896: To put, set

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

Laban’s
לָבָֽן׃ (lā·ḇān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

animals.
צֹ֥אן (ṣōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock


Additional Translations
Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban's cattle.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set before the sheep a speckled ram, and every variegated one among the lambs, and he separated flocks for himself alone, and did not mingle them with the sheep of Laban.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban's flock.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.

Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and didn't put them into Laban's flock.

And the lambs hath Jacob parted, and he putteth the face of the flock towards the ring-streaked, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he setteth his own droves by themselves, and hath not set them near Laban's flock.
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Alphabetical: all and animals apart belonged black but by dark-colored did face flock flocks for he herds himself his in Jacob Laban Laban's lambs made not of own put rest separate separated set streaked striped that the them themselves Thus to toward with young

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