Genesis 30:37 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 30:37

Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.

BSB

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ASV

And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

KJV

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Jacob and the Blessed Life (397)

The just man Jacob comes in like a hired hand and yet is the master who, in his ministry of preaching the gospel, gathered together a flock that is resplendent in the brilliance of its many signal virtues. Thus, when the flock came to drink, he would set before them in the troughs the bough of storax and walnut and that from the plane tree; those who felt desire for the mysteries of the most blessed Trinity that were prefigured there could engender offspring that were not at all discolored, by conceiving them in a devout mind.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Here is Jacob's policy to make his bargain more advantageous to himself than it was likely to be: and if he had not taken some course to help himself, it would have been an ill bargain indeed; which he knew Laban would never have considered, who did not consult any one's interest but his own.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Rods of green poplar - לבנה לח libneh lach. The libneh is generally understood to mean the white poplar; and the word lach, which is here joined to it, does not so much imply greenness of color as being fresh, in opposition to witheredness. Had they not been fresh - just cut off, he could not have pilled the bark from them. And of the hazel - לוז luz, the nut or filbert tree, translated by others the almond tree; which of the two is here intended is not known.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּֽקַּֽח־	vai.yi.kach-	and he took	H3947 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	for <the> himself
יַעֲקֹ֗ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
מַקַּ֥ל	ma.Kal	branch[es] of	H4731 →
לִבְנֶ֛ה	liv.Neh	poplar	H3839 →
לַ֖ח	lach	freshly cut	H3892 →
וְל֣וּז	ve.Luz	and almond	H3869 →
וְעֶרְמ֑וֹן	ve.'er.Mon	and plane tree	H6196 →
וַיְפַצֵּ֤ל	vay.fa.Tzel	and he stripped	H6478 →
בָּהֵן֙	ba.Hen	on <the> them
פְּצָל֣וֹת	pe.tza.Lot	strips	H6479 →
לְבָנ֔וֹת	le.va.Not	white	H3836 →
מַחְשֹׂף֙	mach.Sof	[the] peeling of	H4286 →
הַלָּבָ֔ן	ha.la.Van	the white [wood]	H3836 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] on	H5921 →
הַמַּקְלֽוֹת׃	ha.mak.Lot	the branches	H4731 →

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