But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

As for the weaklings of the flocks, he did not put out the branches. So it turned out that the weak sheep belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

But when the flocks in heat were weak, he didn’t lay down the branches. So the weaker ones belonged to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

but if the animals were weak, he would not place them there. So the weak animals went to Laban and the strong ones to Jacob.

but for the feebler of the flock he would not lay them there. So the feebler would be Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

bibleoremus Gen 30:42

but for the feebler of the flock he did not lay them there; so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

He did not put them there for the weaker goats, and in this way the weaker came to be Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban’s and the stronger Jacob’s.

But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

biblegateway Gen 30:42

But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. ¹  So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban ²  and the stronger animals to Jacob.

¹ tn Heb “he did not put [them] in.” The referent of the [understood] direct object, “them,” has been specified as “the branches” in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “were for Laban.”