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Genesis 30:40
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jacob acts upon Laban’s flocks during their agreement over breeding livestock, positioning animals according to their markings.
The words — הִפְרִ֣יד (hif.Rid) translates literally as "he separated," while עָקֹ֛ד ('a.Kod) denotes "the striped," marking the physical distinction Jacob enforces.
The thread — Genesis 30:40 documents the concrete step of dividing the flock, which continues the sequence of selective placement seen in Genesis 30:39 and Genesis 30:41.
Why it lands — The text first records Jacob's physical division of the young and the rest of the flock, then requires the reader to note how this deliberate arrangement dictates the distribution of the breeding stock.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.