Genesis 30:40-43

30:40 Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face ¹  the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks. 30:41 When the stronger females were in heat, ²  Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches. 30:42 But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ³  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ⁴  and the stronger animals to Jacob. 30:43 In this way Jacob ⁵  became extremely prosperous. He owned ⁶  large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys.

[30:40]  ¹ tn Heb “and he set the faces of.”

[30:41]  ² tn Heb “and at every breeding-heat of the flock.”

[30:42]  ³ 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.

[30:42]  ⁴ tn Heb “were for Laban.”

[30:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man”; Jacob’s name has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[30:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there were to him.”