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And he putוַיָּשֶׂםa journeyדֶּרֶךְof threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתdaysיָמִיםbetween himselfבֵּינוֹand Jacob,וּבֵין יַעֲקֹבwhile Jacobוְיַעֲקֹבwas pasturingרֹעֶהthe restהַנּוֹתָרֹתof the flocksאֶת צֹאןof Laban.לָבָן
Genesis 30:36
Study it in the app“And he put a journey of three days between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of the flocks of Laban.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:36, word by word
- And he putיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- a journeyדֶּרֶךְderech
journey
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appears- of threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- and Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- was pasturingרֹעֶהroe
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roe” appears- the restנּוֹתָרֹתnotarot
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notarot” appears- of the flocksצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- of Labanלָבָןlavan
Laban
Laban, brother of Rebekah and father of Leah and Rachel, Jacob's father-in-law, who lived in Haran. Also a place in the wilderness.
Where else “lavan” appears
The context
35On that day he removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every dark one among the lambs, and he gave them into the hands of his sons.
36 · This verse (above)
37Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane tree, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white that was on the rods.
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?