Jacob Prospers

Genesis 30:42

In 11 translations

BSB: But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
KJV: But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
WEB: but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
ASV: but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
LSV: and when the flock is feeble, he does not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s.
YLT: and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban's, and the strong ones Jacob's.
DBY: but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
DRC: But when the latter coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban’s: and they of the first time, Jacob’s.
GNV: But when the sheepe were feeble, hee put them not in: and so the feebler were Labans, and the stronger Iaakobs.
JPS: but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in; so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
LXXE: But he did not put them in indiscriminately whenever the cattle happened to bring forth, but the unmarked ones were Laban's, and the marked ones Jacob's.

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

WLC: וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף הַצֹּ֖אן לֹ֣א יָשִׂ֑ים וְהָיָ֤ה הָעֲטֻפִים֙ לְלָבָ֔ן וְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
LXX-Br: Ἡνίκα δʼ ἂν ἔτεκε τὰ πρόβατα, οὐκ ἐτίθει· ἐγένετο δὲ τὰ μὲν ἄσημα τοῦ Λάβαν, τὰ δὲ ἐπίσημα τοῦ Ἰακώβ.

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