Genesis 30:37

 Genesis 30:37

And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.

a. ESV: Then Jacob took fresh sticks of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white of the sticks. [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

b. YLT: And Jacob taketh to himself a rod of fresh poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut, and doth peel in them white peelings, making bare the white that is on the rods,  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: But Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white in the rods.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. NASB 1995: Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: Jacob then took himself fresh rods of poplar and hazel and chestnut. He peeled white streaks in them, laying bare the white of the rods.  [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

1. “And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.”

a. [And] Jacob [Strong: 3290 Yaʻăqôb, yah-ak-obe'; from H6117; heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch:—Jacob.]

b. took [him] [Strong: 3947  lâqach, law-kakh'; a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):—accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, × many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.]

c. rods [Strong: 4731 maqqêl, mak-kale; or (feminine) מַקְּלָה maqqᵉlâh; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining):—rod, (hand-)staff.]

d. [of] green [Strong: 3892 lach, lakh; from an unused root meaning to be new; fresh, i.e. unused or undried:—green, moist.]

e. poplar [Strong: 3839 libneh, lib-neh'; from H3835; some sort of whitish tree, perhaps the storax:—poplar.]

f. [and of the] hazel [Strong: 3869 lûwz, looz; probably of foreign origin; some kind of nut-tree, perhaps the almond:—hazel.]

g. [and] chestnut tree [Strong: 6196 ʻarmôwn, ar-mone'; probably from H6191; the plane tree (from its smooth and shed bark):—chestnut tree.]

h. [and] pilled [Strong: 6478 pâtsal, paw-tsal'; a primitive root; to peel:—pill.]

i. white [Strong: 3836 lâbân, law-bawn'; or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן lâbên; from H3835; white:—white.]

j. strakes [in them] [Strong: 6479 pᵉtsâlâh, pets-aw-law'; from H6478; a peeling:—strake.]

k. [and made the] white [Strong: 3836 lâbân, law-bawn'; or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן lâbên; from H3835; white:—white.]

l. appear [Strong: 4286 machsôph, makh-sofe'; from H2834; a peeling:—made appear.]

m. which [Strong: 834 ʼăsher, ash-er'; a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:—× after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]

n. [was] in [Strong: 5921 ʻal, al; properly, the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications:—above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.]

o. [the] rods [Strong: 4731 maqqêl, mak-kale; or (feminine) מַקְּלָה maqqᵉlâh; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining):—rod, (hand-)staff.]