Genesis 30:40 meaning and explanation

Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

Genesis 30:40, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Jacob is still serving his father-in-law Laban, whose flocks are the setting for this account. Laban had agreed that Jacob's wages would be the spotted, speckled and dark animals, then removed those animals beforehand.

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