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Selected Verse: Genesis 30:37 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 30:37 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jacob [03290] took [03947] him rods [04731] of green [03892] poplar [03839], and of the hazel [03869] and chesnut tree [06196]; and pilled [06478] white [03836] strakes [06479] in them, and made the white [03836] appear [04286] which was in the rods [04731]. |
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King James |
And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Jacob took rods, &c.--There are many varieties of the hazel, some of which are more erect than the common hazel, and it was probably one of these varieties Jacob employed. The styles are of a bright red color, when peeled; and along with them he took wands of other shrubs, which, when stripped of the bark, had white streaks. These, kept constantly before the eyes of the female at the time of gestation, his observation had taught him would have an influence, through the imagination, on the future offspring. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Here is Jacob's policy to make his bargain more advantageous to himself than it was likely to be: and if he had not taken some course to help himself, it would have been an ill bargain indeed; which he knew Laban would never have considered, who did not consult any one's interest but his own. Now Jacob's contrivances were, He set pilled sticks before the cattle where they were watered, that looking much at those unusual party - coloured sticks, by the power of imagination, they might bring forth young ones in like manner party - coloured. Probably this custom was commonly used by the shepherds of Canaan, who coveted to have their cattle of this motly colour. When he began to have a flock of ring - straked and brown, he contrived to set them first, and to put the faces of the rest towards them, with the same design as he did the former. Whether this was honest policy, or no, may admit of a question. Read Gen 31:7-16, and the question is resolved. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Rods of green poplar - לבנה לח libneh lach. The libneh is generally understood to mean the white poplar; and the word lach, which is here joined to it, does not so much imply greenness of color as being fresh, in opposition to witheredness. Had they not been fresh - just cut off, he could not have pilled the bark from them.
And of the hazel - לוז luz, the nut or filbert tree, translated by others the almond tree; which of the two is here intended is not known.
And chestnut tree - ערמון armon, the plane tree, from ערם aram, he was naked. The plane tree is properly called by this name, because of the outer bark naturally peeling off, and leaving the tree bare in various places, having smooth places where it has fallen off. A portion of this bark the plane tree loses every year. The Septuagint translate it in the same way, πλατανος· and its name is supposed to be derived from πλατυς, broad, on account of its broad spreading branches, for which the plane tree is remarkable. So we find the Grecian army in Homer, Il. ii., ver. 307, sacrificing καλῃ ὑπο πλατανιστῳ, under a beautiful plane tree. Virgil, Geor. iv. 146, mentions,
- ministrantem platanum potantibus umbras.
The plane tree yielding the convivial shade.
And Petronius Arbiter in Satyr.: -
Nobilis aestivas platanus diffuderat umbras.
"The noble plane had spread its summer shade."
See more in Parkhurst. Such a tree would be peculiarly acceptable in hot countries, because of its shade.
Pilled white streaks in them - Probably cutting the bark through in a spiral line, and taking it off in a certain breadth all round the rods, so that the rods would appear party-colored, the white of the wood showing itself where the bark was stripped off. |
7 And your father [01] hath deceived [02048] me, and changed [02498] my wages [04909] ten [06235] times [04489]; but God [0430] suffered him [05414] not to hurt [07489] me [05978].
8 If he said [0559] thus, The speckled [05348] shall be thy wages [07939]; then all the cattle [06629] bare [03205] speckled [05348]: and if he said [0559] thus, The ringstraked [06124] shall be thy hire [07939]; then bare [03205] all the cattle [06629] ringstraked [06124].
9 Thus God [0430] hath taken away [05337] the cattle [04735] of your father [01], and given [05414] them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time [06256] that the cattle [06629] conceived [03179], that I lifted up [05375] mine eyes [05869], and saw [07200] in a dream [02472], and, behold, the rams [06260] which leaped [05927] upon the cattle [06629] were ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261].
11 And the angel [04397] of God [0430] spake [0559] unto me in a dream [02472], saying, Jacob [03290]: And I said [0559], Here am I.
12 And he said [0559], Lift up [05375] now thine eyes [05869], and see [07200], all the rams [06260] which leap [05927] upon the cattle [06629] are ringstraked [06124], speckled [05348], and grisled [01261]: for I have seen [07200] all that Laban [03837] doeth [06213] unto thee.
13 I am the God [0410] of Bethel [01008], where thou anointedst [04886] the pillar [04676], and where thou vowedst [05087] a vow [05088] unto me: now arise [06965], get thee out [03318] from this land [0776], and return [07725] unto the land [0776] of thy kindred [04138].
14 And Rachel [07354] and Leah [03812] answered [06030] and said [0559] unto him, Is there yet any portion [02506] or inheritance [05159] for us in our father's [01] house [01004]?
15 Are we not counted [02803] of him strangers [05237]? for he hath sold [04376] us, and hath quite [0398] devoured [0398] also our money [03701].
16 For all the riches [06239] which God [0430] hath taken [05337] from our father [01], that is ours, and our children's [01121]: now then, whatsoever God [0430] hath said [0559] unto thee, do [06213].