Genesis 30:37

Listen to Genesis 30:37
37 Jakob aber nahm StĂ€be von grĂŒnen PappelbĂ€umen, Haseln und Kastanien und schĂ€lte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den StĂ€ben das Weiß bloß ward,

Genesis 30:37 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar
Of the white poplar tree, called green, not from the colour, but from the moisture, being such as were cut off of the tree: and of the hazel and chestnut tree;
the former some take to be the almond tree, as Saadiah Gaon, and others; and the latter to be the plantain or plane tree, so Ainsworth, and others: and pilled white strakes in them;
took off the bark of them in some places, and left it on in others, which made white strakes: and made the white appear which [was] in the rods;
that part of the rods which was stripped of the bark appeared white; and it appeared the whiter for the bark that was left on in other parts; and both made the rods to appear to have various colours, which was the design of Jacob in pilling them.

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Genesis 30:37 In-Context

35 Und sonderte des Tages die sprenkligen und bunten Böcke und alle gefleckten und bunten Ziegen, wo nur was Weißes daran war, und alles, was schwarz war unter den LĂ€mmern, und tat's unter die Hand seiner Kinder
36 und machte Raum drei Tagereisen weit zwischen sich und Jakob. Also weidete Jakob die ĂŒbrigen Herden Labans.
37 Jakob aber nahm StĂ€be von grĂŒnen PappelbĂ€umen, Haseln und Kastanien und schĂ€lte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den StĂ€ben das Weiß bloß ward,
38 und legte die StĂ€be, die er geschĂ€lt hatte, in die TrĂ€nkrinnen vor die Herden, die kommen mußten, zu trinken, daß sie da empfangen sollten, wenn sie zu trinken kĂ€men. {~}
39 Also empfingen die Herden ĂŒber den StĂ€ben und brachten Sprenklinge, Gefleckte und Bunte. {~}
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