Genesis 30:36
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Genesis 30:36 in other translations
| BSB | Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks. |
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| WEB | He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. |
| ASV | and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. |
| YLT | and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban. |
| DARBY | And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock. |
| BBE | And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock. |
| Webster | And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. |
What does Genesis 30:36 mean?
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…
Genesis 30:36 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 30:36
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Genesis 30:37
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.
Genesis 30:36 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y puso tres días de camino entre sí y Jacob: y Jacob apacentaba las otras ovejas de Labán. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il mit trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob; et Jacob paissait le reste du bétail de Laban. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er setzte einen Weg von drei Tagereisen zwischen sich und Jakob; und Jakob weidete die übrige Herde Labans. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et posuit spatium itineris trium dierum inter se et generum, qui pascebat reliquos greges ejus. |