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Genesis 30:40

40 Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-colored animalsn that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

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Genesis 30:40 — English Standard Version (ESV)

40 And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Genesis 30:40 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

40 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.

Genesis 30:40 — New Living Translation (NLT)

40 Jacob separated those lambs from Laban’s flock. And at mating time he turned the flock to face Laban’s animals that were streaked or black. This is how he built his own flock instead of increasing Laban’s.

Genesis 30:40 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

40 Then Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the streaked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; but he put his own flocks by themselves and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Genesis 30:40 — New Century Version (NCV)

40 Jacob separated the young animals from the others, and he made them face the streaked and dark animals in Laban’s flock. Jacob kept his animals separate from Laban’s.

Genesis 30:40 — American Standard Version (ASV)

40 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.

Genesis 30:40 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he made himself separate flocks, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Genesis 30:40 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

40 Jacob separated the rams from the flock and made the rest of the sheep face any that were striped or black in Laban’s flocks. So he made separate herds for himself and did not add them to Laban’s flocks.

Genesis 30:40 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

40 Jacob separated the lambs and made the flocks face the streaked and the completely dark sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and didn’t put them with Laban’s sheep.

Genesis 30:40 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

40 Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and the completely black animals in the flock of Laban; and he put his own droves apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Genesis 30:40 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

40 And Jacob separated the lambs and turned the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark-colored in Laban’s flocks. And he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with the flocks of Laban.

Genesis 30:40 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

40 Jacob put the little ones of the flock to one side by themselves. But he made the older ones face the striped and dark-colored animals that belonged to Laban. In that way, he made separate flocks for himself. He didn’t put them with Laban’s animals.

Genesis 30:40 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

40 Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban’s flock.


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