Kejadian 30:38

30:38 Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink. ¹ 

Kejadian 31:37

31:37 When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? ²  Set it here before my relatives and yours, ³  and let them settle the dispute between the two of us! ⁴ 

Kejadian 31:50

31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize ⁵  that God is witness to your actions.” ⁶ 

[30:38]  ¹ sn He put the branches in front of the flocks…when they came to drink. It was generally believed that placing such “visual aids” before the animals as they were mating, it was possible to influence the appearance of their offspring. E. A. Speiser notes that “Jacob finds a way to outwit his father-in-law, through prenatal conditioning of the flock by visual aids – in conformance with universal folk beliefs” (Genesis [AB], 238). Nevertheless, in spite of Jacob’s efforts at animal husbandry, he still attributes the resulting success to God (see 31:5).

[31:37]  ² tn Heb “what did you find from all the goods of your house?”

[31:37]  ³ tn Heb “your relatives.” The word “relatives” has not been repeated in the translation here for stylistic reasons.

[31:37]  ⁴ tn Heb “that they may decide between us two.”

[31:50]  ⁵ tn Heb “see.”

[31:50]  ⁶ tn Heb “between me and you.”