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Genesis 30:37

American Standard Version

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.

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Genesis 30:37 in other translations

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

Genesis 30:37 · World English Bible

Genesis 30:37 in context

  1. 35And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;
  2. 36and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
  3. 37And 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.
  4. 38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
  5. 39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.