Genesis 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.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

But he didn’t do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob’s.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

But he wouldn't set up the branches before the feebler animals. That way the feeble animals went to Laban and the sturdy ones to Jacob.

SABDAweb Gen 30:42

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban’s and the stronger were Jacob’s.

bibleoremus Gen 30:42

but for the feebler of the flock he did not lay them there; so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

biblegateway Gen 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.

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.”