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but whenוּבְthe flockהַצֹּאןwas feeble,הַעֲטִיףhe would not put them there;לֹא יָשִׂיםso the feebleוְהָיָה הָעֲטֻפִיםwere Laban’s,לְלָבָןand the strongerוְהַקְּשֻׁרִיםJacob’s.לְיַעֲקֹב
Genesis 30:42
Study it in the app“but when the flock was feeble, he would not put them there; so the feeble were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:42, word by word
- the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- was feebleהַעֲטִיףhaatif
grow faint
To lose all strength.
Where else “haatif” appears- he would not put them thereיָשִׂיםyasim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasim” appears- so the feebleהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- were Laban’sלָבָןlavan
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- and the strongerקְּשֻׁרִיםkeshurim
vigorous
Said of an animal: healthy and vigorous, the one that stands out in the flock.
Where else “keshurim” appears- Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבyaakov
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
The context
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;
42 · This verse (above)
43The man increased exceedingly, and he had many flocks, female slaves and male slaves, camels and donkeys.
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?