⁴¹Now it would be that, whenever the ¹stronger of the flock ²were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the trough, so that they might ³mate by the rods;

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1Firm and compact; lit bound ones
2Or conceived
3Or conceive

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob would lay the sticks in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed among the sticks,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Whenever the stronger of the flock were breeding, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs, in full view of the flocks, and they would breed in front of the branches.

NLTNew Living Translation

Whenever the stronger females were ready to mate, Jacob would place the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of them. Then they would mate in front of the branches.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And whenever any of the stronger of the flocks were in heat, Jacob put the branches in full view of the flock in the troughs that they might mate among the branches.

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.

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