The Meaning of Genesis 30:39 Explained

Genesis 30:39

KJV: And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

YLT: and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock beareth ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted ones.

Darby: And the flock was ardent before the rods; and the flock brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

ASV: And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Genesis 30:39 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 30:25-43 - Jacob's Flocks Increase
There is little in this story to the credit of Jacob, and nothing to choose between him and Laban. They are well matched one against another; and if anything, Jacob excelled in cunning. The heir of the promises deals with the child of this world on the principles of which men of honor would refuse to make use. We feel inclined to pity Laban, who had never seen the angel-ladder, or shared the great promises which had surrounded the path of his relative. He trusted this man of the chosen tribe, but was to be woefully deceived. But are there not many professing Christians who are playing Jacob's part today? While holding high positions in the religious world, they stoop to practices to which men of the world would be no parties. We hear but little more of Laban, but Jacob is destined to pass through the fire of trouble, by which the dross will be consumed and his soul made white and purified. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 30

1  Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob
5  Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali
9  Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher
14  Reuben finds mandrakes,
15  with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel
17  Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah
22  Rachel bears Joseph
25  Jacob desires to depart
27  Laban detains him on a new agreement
37  Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich

What do the individual words in Genesis 30:39 mean?

So conceived the flocks before the branches and brought forth the flocks streaked speckled and spotted
וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־ הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים

וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ  So  conceived 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָחַם  
Sense: to be hot, conceive.
הַצֹּ֖אן  the  flocks 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
אֶל־  before 
Parse: Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַמַּקְל֑וֹת  the  branches 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַקֵּל  
Sense: rod, staff.
וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ  and  brought  forth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: יָלַד 
Sense: to bear, bring forth, beget, gender, travail.
הַצֹּ֔אן  the  flocks 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: צֹאן  
Sense: small cattle, sheep, sheep and goats, flock, flocks.
עֲקֻדִּ֥ים  streaked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָקֹד  
Sense: streaked, striped.
נְקֻדִּ֖ים  speckled 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: נָקֹד  
Sense: speckled, marked with points.
וּטְלֻאִֽים  and  spotted 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: טָלָא  
Sense: to patch, spot, be spotted, be coloured.

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