Genesis 30:42

30:42 But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

Genesis 44:30

44:30 “So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us – his very life is bound up in his son’s life. ³ 

Genesis 30:41

30:41 When the stronger females were in heat, ⁴  Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches.

Genesis 38:28

38:28 While she was giving birth, one child ⁵  put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, “This one came out first.”

¹ tn Heb “he did not put [them] in.” The referent of the [understood] direct object, “them,” has been specified as “the branches” in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “were for Laban.”

³ tn Heb “his life is bound up in his life.”

⁵ tn Heb “and at every breeding-heat of the flock.”

⁷ tn The word “child” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.