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Genesis 30:36

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 30:36 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and he set three days` journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban`s flocks.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and he set three days` journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban`s flocks.
Genesis 30:36 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
33So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that [if found] with me, shall be counted stolen.
34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons;
36and he set three days` journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban`s flocks.
37And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree. And peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink.
39And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And he set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, etc.] Not three days’ journey for a man, but for cattle; this distance there was between the place where Laban and his sons kept the spotted, speckled, and brown cattle, and that in which Jacob kept the flock only consisting of white sheep; and this was done, that the flocks might not be mixed, and that there might be no opportunity to take any of the spotted ones, and that they might not stray into Jacob’s flock; or lest any of his seeing them might bring forth the like, such precaution was used: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flock; those that remained after the spotted, speckled, and brown were taken out; and Jacob having none…”
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