Study it in the app“Jacob 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.”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבtookוַיִּקַּחfor himselfלוֹfreshלַחrodsמַקַּלof poplarלִבְנֶהand almondוְלוּזand plane tree,וְעֶרְמוֹןand peeledוַיְפַצֵּלwhiteלְבָנוֹתstripesפְּצָלוֹתin them,בָּהֵןexposingמַחְשֹׂףthe whiteהַלָּבָןthatאֲשֶׁרwas onעַלthe rods.הַמַּקְלוֹת
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” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsfresh, green
Fresh, green, freshly cut; moist.
Where else “lach” appearsrod
A thin stick or cut branch, used to mark, touch or consult.
Where else “makal” appearspoplar, storax
A tree with pale bark: poplar or storax.
Where else “livne” appearsalmond
Almond tree.
Where else “luz” appearsplane tree
Plane tree.
Where else “ermon” appearspeel
Peel, strip off bark.
Where else “yefatsel” appearswhite
White. It is the same word as the name "Laban".
Where else “levanot” appearspeeled strip
Peeled stripes. It occurs only in Genesis 30:37.
Where else “petsalot” appearslaying bare
What is laid bare by peeling. It occurs only in Genesis 30:37.
Where else “machsof” appearsThe text does not explain Jacob’s method. Later Jacob tells his wives that it was Elohim who gave him the livestock and tells them a dream about it (31:9-12).
36And he put a journey of three days between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of the flocks of Laban.
37 · This verse (above)
38He set the rods that he had peeled in the channels, in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink, in front of the flocks; and they mated when they came to drink.
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?
