Gênesis 30:35

35 Naquele mesmo dia, Labão separou todos os bodes que tinham listras^[a] ou manchas brancas, todas as cabras que tinham pintas ou manchas brancas e todos os cordeiros pretos e os pôs aos cuidados de seus filhos.

Gênesis 30:35 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:35

And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked
and spotted
That had strakes of a different colour from the rest on their shoulders, thighs, logs, or feet, or in any part of the body: the word here used stands in the room of that before translated "speckled"; this Laban did, as the context shows; he went about it immediately at the motion of Jacob, with which he was pleased: and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted;
so that there might be neither male nor female of those mixed colours; this he did to prevent any generation of them: [and] everyone that had [some] white in it;
any white spot in it, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, everyone of the brown or black colour, that had any white in it: and all the brown among the sheep:
that were entirely so: and, gave [them] into the hands of his sons;
not the sons of Jacob, as some in Aben Ezra; for they were not fit for the care of a flock, the eldest son, Reuben, not being seven years of age; but the sons of Laban, who were now grown up and fit for such service.

Gênesis 30:35 In-Context

33 E a minha honestidade dará testemunho de mim no futuro, toda vez que você resolver verificar o meu salário. Se estiver em meu poder alguma cabra que não seja salpicada ou pintada, e algum cordeiro que não seja preto, poderá considerá-los roubados”.

34 E disse Labão: “De acordo. Seja como você disse”.

35 Naquele mesmo dia, Labão separou todos os bodes que tinham listras ou manchas brancas, todas as cabras que tinham pintas ou manchas brancas e todos os cordeiros pretos e os pôs aos cuidados de seus filhos.

36 Afastou-se então de Jacó, à distância equivalente a três dias de viagem, e Jacó continuou a apascentar o resto dos rebanhos de Labão.

37 Jacó pegou galhos verdes de estoraque, amendoeira e plátano e neles fez listras brancas, descascando-os parcialmente e expondo assim a parte branca interna dos galhos.

Footnotes

• [a]. Ou "cauda retorcida; " também em 30.39, 40; 31.8, 10 e 12.