Genesis 30:40
Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
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ASV
And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock.
KJV
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַכְּשָׂבִים֮ | ve.ha.ke.sa.Vim | and the lambs | H3775 → |
| הִפְרִ֣יד | hif.Rid | he separated | H6504 → |
| יַעֲקֹב֒ | ya.'a.Ko | Jacob | H3290 → |
| וַ֠יִּתֵּן | Vai.yi.ten | and he set | H5414 → |
| פְּנֵ֨י | pe.Nei | [the] faces of | H6440 → |
| הַצֹּ֧אן | ha.Tzon | the flock | H6629 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| עָקֹ֛ד | 'a.Kod | [the] striped | H6124 → |
| וְכָל־ | ve.khol | and every | H3605 → |
| ח֖וּם | chum | dark [one] | H2345 → |
| בְּצֹ֣אן | be.Tzon | among [the] flock of | H6629 → |
| לָבָ֑ן | la.Van | Laban | H3837 → |
| וַיָּֽשֶׁת־ | vai.ya.shet- | and he made | H7896 → |
| ל֤וֹ | lo | for <the> himself | |
| עֲדָרִים֙ | 'a.da.Rim | flocks | H5739 → |
| לְבַדּ֔וֹ | le.va.Do | to only him | H905 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| שָׁתָ֖ם | sha.Tam | he put them | H7896 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | with | H5921 → |
| צֹ֥אן | tzon | [the] flock of | H6629 → |
| לָבָֽן׃ | la.Van | Laban | H3837 → |
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