Genesis 30:41 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 30:41 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְהָיָ֗ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
יַחֵם֮
yâcham
H3179
to conceive
הַצֹּ֣אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
הַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹת֒
qâshar
H7194
to bind
וְשָׂ֨ם
sûwm
H7760
to put
יַעֲקֹ֧ב
Yaʻăqôb
H3290
Jacob
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַמַּקְל֛וֹת
maqqêl
H4731
staff
לְעֵינֵ֥י
ʻayin
H5869
eye
הַצֹּ֖אן
tsôʼn
H6629
flock
בָּרֳהָטִ֑ים
rahaṭ
H7298
trough
לְיַחְמֵ֖נָּה
yâcham
H3179
to conceive
בַּמַּקְלֽוֹת
maqqêl
H4731
staff
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World English Bible Public Domain
It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
So it happened whenever the strong animals were in heat, then Jacob put the branches in the troughs before the eyes of the flocks so that they would mate by the branches.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).