| 38. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Genesis 30:38:1 ⧉וַיַּצֵּ֗גvayattsegHe set Genesis 30:38:2 ⧉אֶת־הַמַּקְלוֹת֙ethamaklotthe sticks Genesis 30:38:3 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Genesis 30:38:4 ⧉פִּצֵּ֔לpitselHe peeled Genesis 30:38:5 ⧉בָּרֳהָטִ֖יםbarohatimin the troughs Genesis 30:38:6 ⧉בְּשִֽׁקֲת֣וֹתbeshikatotin the watering places Genesis 30:38:7 ⧉הַמָּ֑יִםhammayimthe water Genesis 30:38:8 ⧉אֲשֶׁר֩asherwhere Genesis 30:38:9 ⧉תָּבֹ֨אןָtavonacame Genesis 30:38:10 ⧉הַצֹּ֤אןhattsonthe flock Genesis 30:38:11 ⧉לִשְׁתּוֹת֙lishetotto drink Genesis 30:38:12 ⧉לְנֹ֣כַחlenokhakhin front of Genesis 30:38:13 ⧉הַצֹּ֔אןhattsonthe flock Genesis 30:38:14 ⧉וַיֵּחַ֖מְנָהvayekhamnawent into heat Genesis 30:38:15 ⧉בְּבֹאָ֥ןbevoanwhen they came Genesis 30:38:16 ⧉לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃lishetotto drink |
| 38. Formal Translation He set the rods that he had stripped into the gutters in the watering basins by the water where the flock came to drink, directly in front of the flock, and they came into heat when they came to drink. |
| 38. Dynamic Translation He placed the rods in the watering channels at the troughs where the flocks came to drink, right in front of them. The animals went into heat whenever they came to drink. |