Verse 39

When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 31:9-9 : 9 In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me. 10 “Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted. 11 In the dream the angel of God said to me,‘Jacob!’‘Here I am!’ I replied. 12 Then he said,‘Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.
  • Gen 31:38 : 38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
  • Gen 31:40 : 40 I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father– the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears– had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night.”
  • Exod 12:35-36 : 35 Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them– they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing. 36 The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.