KJV King James Version
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 30:32
I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
WEB World English Bible
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
ASV American Standard Version
I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats—and it hath been my hire;
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
29 And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
30 For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also?
31 And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed [and] keep thy flock:
32 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire.
33 So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that [is] not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֶֽעֱבֹ֨רH5674 · a.varto passבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallצֹֽאנְךָ֜H6629 · tsonflockהַיּ֗וֹםH3117 · yomdayהָסֵ֨רH5493 · surto turn aside: removeמִשָּׁ֜םH8033 · shamthereכָּל־H3605 · kolallשֶׂ֣ה׀H7716 · sehsheepנָקֹ֣דH5348 · na.qodspeckledוְטָל֗וּאH2921 · ta.lato spotוְכָל־H3605 · kolallשֶׂה־H7716 · sehsheepחוּם֙H2345 · chumdarkenedבַּכְּשָׂבִ֔יםH3775 · ke.sevsheepוְטָל֥וּאH2921 · ta.lato spotוְנָקֹ֖דH5348 · na.qodspeckledבָּעִזִּ֑יםH5795 · ezgoatוְהָיָ֖הH1961 · ha.yahto beשְׂכָרִֽי׃H7939 · sa.kharwages
Cross-references
Genesis 31:8If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.Genesis 31:10And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.Genesis 30:35And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.
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