^{37 Ref} Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

³⁸ And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

^{39 Ref} And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.

⁴⁰ These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.

⁴¹ And whenever the stronger ones of the flock became with young, Jacob put the sticks in front of them in the drinking-places, so that they might become with young when they saw the sticks.

⁴² But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

^{43 Ref} So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.