Genesis 30:42
King James Version (KJV)
But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
In context
40 And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis 30:42 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- WEB World English Bible
- but when the flock were feeble, he didn’t put them in. So the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- 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 Darby Translation
- but when the sheep were feeble, he put [them] not in; so the feeble were Laban's, and the strong Jacob's.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.