And when the cattle were feeble, he put them not
in
Or "when covered", as Menachem, that is, with wool, and so not so
desirous of copulation with the males, nor so fit and strong for
generation; and therefore he put not in the rods into the
gutters, partly that he might have none feeble in his flock, and
partly that he might not spoil Laban of his whole flock, strong
and weak: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger
Jacob's;
not only his flocks became more numerous than Laban's, but were a
better quality.
Genesis 30:42
