Study it in the app“Whenever 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;”
Wheneverוְהָיָה בְּכָלthe strongerהַמְקֻשָּׁרוֹתof the flockהַצֹּאןwere mating,יַחֵםJacobיַעֲקֹבwould putוְשָׂםthe rodsאֶת הַמַּקְלוֹתbefore the eyesלְעֵינֵיof the flockהַצֹּאןin the channels,בָּרֳהָטִיםso that they might mateלְיַחְמֵנָּהamong the rods;בַּמַּקְלוֹת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsvigorous
Said of an animal: healthy and vigorous, the one that stands out in the flock.
Where else “mekusharot” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsmate
For male and female to come together to have young.
Where else “yachem” appearsJacob
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” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appearsrod
A thin stick or cut branch, used to mark, touch or consult.
Where else “maklot” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearstrough
A basin where animals drink.
Where else “rohatim” appears40Jacob 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.
41 · This verse (above)
42but when the flock was feeble, he would not put them there; so the feeble were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
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?
