Genesis 30:38 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.”
Genesis 30:38 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 30:38 in 7 Bible Translations
Read Genesis 30:38 in the King James Version (KJV) and 6 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Genesis 30:38 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They conceived when they came to drink.”
Genesis 30:38 — World English Bible
Genesis 30:38 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And 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.”
Genesis 30:38 — American Standard Version
Genesis 30:38 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and setteth up the rods which he hath peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (when the flock cometh in to drink), over-against the flock, that they may conceive in their coming in to drink;”
Genesis 30:38 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 30:38 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And he set the rods which he had peeled before the flock, in the troughs at the watering-places where the flock came to drink, and they were ardent when they came to drink. ”
Genesis 30:38 — Darby Translation
Genesis 30:38 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering troughes, when the sheepe came to drink, before the sheepe. (for they were in heate, when they came to drinke)”
Genesis 30:38 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 30:38 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And he set the rods which he had peeled in the troughs, in the watering channels where the flock came to drink—opposite the flock—and they conceived when they came to drink.”
Genesis 30:38 — The Living Sword
Genesis 30:38 in Context — Genesis 30
36 And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
37 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.
38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 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 unto Laban’s cattle.
What Does Genesis 30:38 Mean?
Genesis 30:38 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 30. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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