Genesis 30:41
And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.
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- Gen 30:31-4010 verses89%
31And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:
32Let me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
33And so you will be able to put my honour to the test in time to come; if you see among my flocks any goats which are not marked or coloured, or any sheep which is not black, you may take me for a thief.
34And Laban said, Let it be as you say.
35So that day he took all the he-goats which were banded or coloured, and all the she-goats which were marked or coloured or had white marks, and all the black sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons;
36And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.
37Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.
38And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.
39And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.
40These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.
- Gen 30:42-432 verses87%
42But 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.
43So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.
- Gen 31:8-103 verses81%
8If he said, All those in the flock which have marks are to be yours, then all the flock gave birth to marked young; and if he said, All the banded ones are to be yours, then all the flock had banded young.
9So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.
10And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.
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12And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.
- Gen 29:9-102 verses72%
9While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she took care of them.
10Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.
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4And Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to come to him in the field among his flock.
- Gen 29:2-32 verses70%
2And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.
3And all the flocks would come together there, and when the stone had been rolled away, they would give the sheep water, and put the stone back again in its place on the mouth of the water-hole.
- Gen 30:2-54 verses70%
2But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?
3Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.
4So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.
5And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.
- Gen 32:14-163 verses70%
14Two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred females and twenty males from the sheep,
15Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.
16These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.
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43Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?
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7And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.
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20And the thin cows made a meal of the seven fat cows who came up first;
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7For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.
- Gen 31:18-192 verses68%
18And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.
- Gen 31:33-342 verses68%
33So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.
34Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.
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25Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.
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51And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;
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10Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.
- Gen 41:2-32 verses68%
2And out of the Nile came seven cows, good-looking and fat, and their food was the river-grass.
3And after them seven other cows came out of the Nile, poor-looking and thin; and they were by the side of the other cows.
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71From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.
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31Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.