Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genesis. Show all posts

Monday, August 12, 2013

Genesis 31:10

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle [flocks] conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked [streaked], speckled, and grisled [gray-spotted].

Geneva Bible -For in ramming time I lifted up mine eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the he goats leaped upon the she goats, that were party colored with little and great spots spotted.

Genesis 31:9

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.

Geneva Bible - Thus hath (c) God taken away your father’s (*) substance, and given it me.
(c) This declareth that the thing, which Jacob did before, was by God's commandment, and not through deceit.
(*) Or, cattle.

Genesis 31:8

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle[flocks] bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked [streaked] shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Geneva Bible - If he thus said, The spotted shall be thy wages, then all the sheep bare spotted; and if he said thus, The party colored shall be thy reward, then bare all the sheep party colored.

Genesis 31:7

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him [did not allow him] not to hurt me.

Geneva Bible - But your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages (*) ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
(*) Or, many times

Genesis 31:6

And ye know that with all my power [might] I have served your father.

Geneva Bible - And ye know that I have served your father with all my might.

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Genesis 31:5

And  said unto them, I see your father's countenance [face], that it [is] not  toward me [not favourable] as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

Geneva Bible - Then said he unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not towards me (1) as it was wont, and the (b) God of my father hath been with me.
(1) Hebrew: as yesterday and before yesterday.
(b) The God whom my fathers worshipped.

Genesis 31:4

And Jacob  sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

Geneva Bible - Therefore Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock.

Genesis 31:3

And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy  fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

Geneva Bible - And the LORD had said unto Jacob, Turn again into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I will be with thee.

Genesis 31:2

And Jacob beheld the  countenance of Laban, and, behold, it [was] not toward him [not favourable] as before.

Geneva Bible - Also Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, (*) that it was not towards him as
in times past;
(*) Hebrew: and lo, not be with him as yesterday, and before yesterday

Genesis 31:1

And he [Jacob] heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath  taken away all that [was] our father's; and of [that] which [was] our  father's hath he gotten all this glory [wealth].

Geneva Bible - Now he heard the (a) words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our fathers, and of our father’s goods hath he gotten all this honor.
(a) The children uttered in words that which the father dissembled in his heart for the covetous think that whatsoever they cannot snatch, is plucked from them.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Genesis 30:43

And the man increased exceedingly [prospered], and had  much cattle [large flocks], and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses [donkeys].

Geneva Bible - So the man increased exceedingly, and had many flocks, and maidservants,
and menservants, and camels and asses.

Genesis 30:42

But when the cattle were  feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the  stronger Jacob's.

Geneva Bible - But when the sheep were feeble, he put them not in; and so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

Genesis 30:41

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

Geneva Bible - And in every ramming time of the (m) stronger sheep, Jacob laid the rods
before the eyes of the sheep in the gutters, that they might conceive before the
rods.
(m) As they which took the ram about September and brought forth about March; so the feebler in
March and lamb in September.

Genesis 30:40

And Jacob did  separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the
ringstraked [streaked], and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his
own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto [with] Laban's cattle.

Geneva  Bible - And Jacob parted these lambs, and turned the faces of the flock towards those
lambs party colored, and all manner of black, among the sheep of Laban; so he
put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban’s flock

Genesis 30:39

And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought  forth cattle ringstraked [streaked], speckled, and spotted.

Geneva Bible - And the sheep (*) were in heat before the rods, and afterward brought forth
young of party color, and with small and great spots.
(*) Or, conceived.

Genesis 30:38

And he set the rods which he  had pilled [peeled] before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs  when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came  to drink.

Geneva Bible - Then he put the rods, which he had pilled, in the gutters and watering
troughs, when the sheep came to drink, before the sheep. (For they were in heat,
when they came to drink.)

Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel  and chesnut tree; and pilled [peeled] white strakes [strips] in them, and made the white  appear which [was] in the rods.

Geneva Bible - Then Jacob (l) took rods of green poplar, and of hazel, and of the chestnut tree, and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear in the rods.
(l) Jacob herein used no deceit, for it was God's commandment as he declareth in Genesis 31:9-11 .

Genesis 30:36

And he set three days journey betwixt [between] himself and Jacob:  and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Geneva Bible:  And he set three days journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob kept the rest of Laban’s sheep.

Monday, July 8, 2013

Genesis 30:35

And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked [streaked] 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.

Geneva  Bible - Therefore (*) he took out the same day the he goats that were party colored
and with great spots, and all the she goats with little and great spots, and all that
had white in them, and all the (♣) black among the sheep, and put them in the
keeping of his sons.
(*) Or, Laban.
(♣) Or, red or brown.

Genesis 30:34

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

Geneva Bible - Then Laban said, Go to, would God it might be according to thy saying.