39. they mated in front of the branches. Then they gave birth to young that were striped, speckled, or spotted.
40. Jacob separated the rams from the flock and made the rest of the sheep face any that were striped or black in Laban’s flocks. So he made separate herds for himself and did not add them to Laban’s flocks.
41. Whenever the stronger of the flocks were in heat, Jacob would lay the branches in the troughs in front of them so that they would mate by the branches.
42. 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.
43. As a result, Jacob became very wealthy. He had large flocks, male and female slaves, camels, and donkeys.