Study it in the app“Jacob separated the lambs, and he turned the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the dark in the flock of Laban; and he made for himself flocks by themselves and did not put them with the flock of Laban.”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבseparatedהִפְרִידthe lambs,וְהַכְּשָׂבִיםand he turnedוַיִּתֵּןthe facesפְּנֵיof the flocksהַצֹּאןtowardאֶלthe stripedעָקֹדand allוְכָלthe darkחוּםin the flockבְּצֹאןof Laban;לָבָןand he madeוַיָּשֶׁתfor himselfלוֹflocksעֲדָרִיםby themselvesלְבַדּוֹand did not put themוְלֹא שָׁתָםwithעַלthe flockצֹאןof Laban.לָבָן
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” appearsdivide
To separate others, divide.
Where else “hifrid” appearslamb
Lamb, young sheep.
Where else “kesavim” appearsmake
To make someone something: "I have made you a father".
Where else “yiten” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pene” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsstriped
Striped, with bands.
Where else “akod” appearsdark, black
Dark in color, black or brown.
Where else “chum” appearsLaban
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” appearsput
To station something somewhere; sow enmity.
Where else “yashet” appearsherd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “adarim” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appears39The flocks mated in front of the rods, and the flocks bore young striped, speckled, and spotted.
40 · This verse (above)
41Whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would put the rods before the eyes of the flock in the channels, so that they might mate among the rods;
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?
