¶ 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.
And Jacob {H3290} took {H3947} him rods {H4731} of green {H3892} poplar {H3839}, and of the hazel {H3869} and chesnut tree {H6196}; and pilled {H6478} white {H3836} strakes {H6479} in them, and made the white {H3836} appear {H4286} which was in the rods {H4731}.
Ya'akov took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond and plane trees and made white streaks on them by peeling off the bark.
Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.
And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
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Genesis 31:9
Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me. -
Genesis 31:13
I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. -
Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty.