Genesis 30:42 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”

Genesis 30:42 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Genesis 30:42 in 7 Bible Translations

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Genesis 30:42 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”

Genesis 30:42 — World English Bible

Genesis 30:42 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. ”

Genesis 30:42 — American Standard Version

Genesis 30:42 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set <FI>them<Fi> ; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.”

Genesis 30:42 — Young's Literal Translation

Genesis 30:42 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's. ”

Genesis 30:42 — Darby Translation

Genesis 30:42 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.”

Genesis 30:42 — Geneva Bible

Genesis 30:42 LS — The Living Sword (2024)

“And when the flock was feeble he did not place them, and the feeble became for Laban and the strong for Jacob.”

Genesis 30:42 — The Living Sword

Genesis 30:42 in Context — Genesis 30

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.

41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.

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What Does Genesis 30:42 Mean?

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