Genesis 30 · Verse 32

Genesis 30:32

I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
Genesis 30:32, King James Version

Genesis 30:32 in other translations

BSBLet me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.
WEBI will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
ASVI will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.
YLTI pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats--and it hath been my hire;
DARBYI will pass through all thy flock to-day, to remove thence all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and that shall be my hire.
BBELet me go through all your flock today, taking out from among them all the sheep which are marked or coloured or black, and all the marked or coloured goats: these will be my payment.
WebsterI will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

What does Genesis 30:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. I will pass through all thy flock to-day--Eastern sheep being generally white, the goats black, and spotted or speckled ones comparatively few and rare, Jacob proposed to remove all existing ones of that description from the flock, and to be content with what might appear at the next lambing time. The proposal seemed so much in favor of Laban, that he at once agreed to it. But Jacob has been accused of taking advantage of his uncle, and though it is difficult to exculpate him from practising some degree of dissimulation, he was only availing himself of the results of his great skill and experience in the breeding of cattle. But it is evident from the next chapter (Ge 31:5-13) that there was something miraculous and that the means he had employed had been suggested by a divine intimation.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 I will pass through all thy flock - צאן tson, implying, as we have before seen, all smaller cattle, such as sheep, goats, etc. All the speckled and spotted cattle - שה seh, which we translate cattle, signifies the young either of sheep or goats, what we call a lamb or a kid. Speckled, נקד nakod, signifies interspersed with variously colored spots. Spotted - טלוא talu, spotted with large spot either of the same or different colors, from טלא tala, to patch, to make party-colored or patch-work; see Eze 16:16. I have never seen such sheep as are here described but in the islands of Zetland. There I have seen the most beautiful brown, or fine chocolate color among the sheep; and several of the ring-streaked, spotted, speckled, and piebald among the same; and some of the latter description I have brought over, and can exhibit a specimen of Jacob's flock brought from the North Seas, feeding in Middlesex. And all the brown - חום chum. I should rather suppose this to signify a lively brown, as the root signifies to be warm or hot.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 30:25-43

The fourteen years being gone, Jacob was willing to depart without any provision, except God's promise. But he had in many ways a just claim on Laban's substance, and it was the will of God that he should be provided for from it. He referred his cause to God, rather than agree for stated wages with Laban, whose selfishness was very great. And it would appear that he acted honestly, when none but those of the colours…

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Genesis 30:32 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר'e.'e.Vorlet me passH5674
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
צֹֽאנְךָ֜tzo.ne.Khaflock yourH6629
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
הָסֵ֨רha.SerI will removeH5493
מִשָּׁ֜םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
שֶׂ֣ה\׀sehsheepH7716
נָקֹ֣דna.KodspeckledH5348
וְטָל֗וּאve.ta.Lu'and spottedH2921
וְכָל\־ve.kholand everyH3605
שֶׂה\־seh-sheepH7716
חוּם֙chumdarkH2345
בַּכְּשָׂבִ֔יםba.ke.sa.Vimamong the lambsH3775
וְטָל֥וּאve.ta.Lu'and [the] spottedH2921
וְנָקֹ֖דve.na.Kodand [the] speckledH5348
בָּעִזִּ֑יםba.'i.Zimamong the goatsH5795
וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
שְׂכָרִֽי\׃se.kha.Riwage[s] myH7939

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 30:32

  • Genesis 31:8

    If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

  • Genesis 31:10

    And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

  • Genesis 30:35

    And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons.

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Context

  • Genesis 30:31

    And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock:

  • Genesis 30:32

    I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

  • Genesis 30:33

    So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

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Genesis 30:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Yo pasaré hoy por todas tus ovejas, poniendo aparte todas las reses manchadas y de color vario, y todas las reses de color oscuro entre las ovejas, y las manchadas y de color vario entre las cabras; y esto será mi salario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		je passerai aujourd’hui par tout ton bétail, j’en ôterai toute bête marquetée et tachetée, et tous les agneaux foncés, et ce qui est tacheté et marqueté parmi les chèvres; et ce sera là mon salaire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich will heute durch deine ganze Herde gehen und daraus absondern jedes gesprenkelte und gefleckte Tier und jedes dunkelfarbige Tier unter den Schafen, und das Gefleckte und Gesprenkelte unter den Ziegen; und das sei mein Lohn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Gyra omnes greges tuos, et separa cunctas oves varias, et sparso vellere; quodcumque furvum, et maculosum, variumque fuerit, tam in ovibus quam in capris, erit merces mea.