Genesis 30:42
Genesis 30:42 American Standard Version (ASV)
but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:37-42 The Message (MSG)
But Jacob got fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled the bark, leaving white stripes on them. He stuck the peeled branches in front of the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. When the flocks were in heat, they came to drink and mated in front of the streaked branches. Then they gave birth to young that were streaked or spotted or speckled. Jacob placed the ewes before the dark-colored animals of Laban. That way he got distinctive flocks for himself which he didn’t mix with Laban’s flocks. And when the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob placed branches at the troughs in view of the animals so that they mated in front of the branches. But he wouldn’t set up the branches before the feebler animals. That way the feeble animals went to Laban and the sturdy ones to Jacob.
Genesis 30:42 King James Version (KJV)
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
Genesis 30:42 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:42 New Century Version (NCV)
But when the weaker animals mated, Jacob did not put the branches there. So the animals born from the weaker animals were Laban’s, and those born from the stronger animals were Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:42 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.
Genesis 30:42 New King James Version (NKJV)
But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:42 Amplified Bible (AMP)
but when the flock was sickly, he did not put the branches there; so the sicker [animals] were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.
Genesis 30:42 New Living Translation (NLT)
But he didn’t do this with the weaker ones, so the weaker lambs belonged to Laban, and the stronger ones were Jacob’s.