Chuàngshìjì 30:41

41 Dào yáng qún féizhuàng peìhé de shíhou , Yǎgè jiù bǎ zhīzǐ chā zaì shuǐgōu lǐ , shǐ yáng duì zhe zhīzǐ peìhé .

Chuàngshìjì 30:41 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:41

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did
conceive
Whose limbs were well compact, and were strong and healthy: that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,
that they might conceive among the rods;
and bring forth party coloured ones, and such as were robust and strong like themselves; and this was another device of Jacob's to get the best of the flock. Aben Ezra thinks this refers to the two seasons of the year, when the flocks conceived; the one was in Nisan, in the spring, and such as were brought on that conception were strong, and therefore Jacob chose to lay the rods in the gutters at that time, that he might have the best cattle; and so the Targum of Jonathan calls these here the forward ones, as it does those in ( Genesis 30:42 ) we render feeble, the latter ones; which, according to Aben Ezra, conceived in Tisri or September, and what they brought were weak and feeble. (Based on the laws of genetics, Jacob's breeding of the best of the flock would produce higher quality offspring. Ed.)

Chuàngshìjì 30:41 In-Context

39 Yáng duì zhe zhīzǐ peìhé , jiù shēng xià yǒu wén de , yǒu diǎn de , yǒu bān de lái .

40 Yǎgè bǎ yánggāo fēn chūlai , shǐ Lābān de yáng yǔ zhè yǒu wèn hé hēisè de yáng xiāngduì , bǎ zìjǐ de yáng Lìng fàng yī chǔ , bù jiào tā hé Lābān de yáng hùnzá .

41 Dào yáng qún féizhuàng peìhé de shíhou , Yǎgè jiù bǎ zhīzǐ chā zaì shuǐgōu lǐ , shǐ yáng duì zhe zhīzǐ peìhé .

42 Zhǐshì dào yáng shòuruò peìhé de shíhou jiù bú chā zhīzǐ . zhèyàng , shòuruò de jiù guī Lābān , féizhuàng de jiù guī Yǎgè .

43 Yúshì Yǎgè jíqí fā dà , de le xǔduō de yáng qún , pú bì , luòtuo , hé lü .