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Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the rest of Laban’s flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he put <i>a distance of</i> three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />And he put a distance of three days&#8217 journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban&#8217s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he put <i>a distance of</i> three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And he put <i>a distance of</i> three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And he put [a distance of] three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob was then left in care of the rest of Laban’s flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Jacob, meanwhile, was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob. Jacob, meanwhile, was shepherding the rest of Laban&#8217s flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then Laban made Jacob keep the rest of the sheep and goats at a distance of three days' journey. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He traveled three days away from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and then went away from Jacob with this flock as far as he could travel in three days. Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flocks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He sent them as far away from Jacob as a three days' journey could take them. Meanwhile, Jacob kept tending the rest of Laban's flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban?s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban's flocks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He set three days? journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban?s flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and sets a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and setteth a journey of three days between himself and Jacob; and Jacob is feeding the rest of the flock of Laban.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will set a way of three days between him and between Jacob; and Jacob fed Laban's sheep the rest.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he set the space of three days' journey betwixt himself and his son in law, who fed the rest of his flock. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he established a distance of three days journey between himself and his son-in-law, who pastured the remainder of his flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then he put a three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and he set a distance of three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was pasturing the rest of Laban’s flock.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he set three days journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he made a three days’ journey between him and Laban, and Yaquuv fed the flock of Laban which remained.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he set a distance of a three days' journey between them and Jacob. And Jacob tended the cattle of Laban that were left behind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/30-36.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7480" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/30.htm">Jacob Prospers</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">35</span>That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons. <span class="reftext">36</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: way·yā·śem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">Then he put</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: šə·lō·šeṯ (Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">a three-day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">journey</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- An interval, space between. ">between himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: ya·‘ă·qōḇ (N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">and Jacob,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3290.htm" title="3290: wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- A son of Isaac, also his desc. From aqab; heel-catcher; Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch.">while Jacob</a> <a href="/hebrew/7462.htm" title="7462: rō·‘eh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. Pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with.">was shepherding</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: han·nō·w·ṯā·rōṯ (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">the rest</a> <a href="/hebrew/3837.htm" title="3837: lā·ḇān (N-proper-ms) -- Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob. The same as laban; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert.">of Laban’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: ṣōn (N-csc) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">flocks.</a> </span><span class="reftext">37</span>Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-9.htm">Genesis 31:9</a></span><br />Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Genesis 31:12</a></span><br />‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-16.htm">Genesis 31:16</a></span><br />Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Genesis 31:41</a></span><br />Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-42.htm">Genesis 31:42</a></span><br />If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/31-52.htm">Genesis 31:52</a></span><br />This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/32-10.htm">Genesis 32:10</a></span><br />I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/33-13.htm">Genesis 33:13</a></span><br />But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/33-14.htm">Genesis 33:14</a></span><br />Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/34-23.htm">Genesis 34:23</a></span><br />Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/3-22.htm">Exodus 3:22</a></span><br />Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-36.htm">Exodus 12:36</a></span><br />And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-36.htm">Leviticus 25:36</a></span><br />Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-18.htm">Deuteronomy 8:18</a></span><br />But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-14.htm">Deuteronomy 15:14</a></span><br />You are to furnish him liberally from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. You shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/26-28.htm">Betwixt</a> <a href="/genesis/30-35.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/30-28.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/genesis/22-4.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/revelation/19-21.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/genesis/13-7.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/30-31.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/30-31.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/29-1.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/genesis/31-2.htm">Laban's</a> <a href="/genesis/25-17.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-2.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/genesis/29-34.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">Three-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/31-37.htm">Betwixt</a> <a href="/genesis/31-24.htm">Care</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Continued</a> <a href="/genesis/31-23.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Fed</a> <a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Jacob</a> <a href="/genesis/31-23.htm">Journey</a> <a href="/genesis/30-42.htm">Laban's</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/genesis/46-32.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/genesis/38-24.htm">Three</a> <a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">Three-Day</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-5.htm">Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-9.htm">Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-14.htm">Reuben finds mandrakes, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-15.htm">with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-17.htm">Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-22.htm">Rachel bears Joseph.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-25.htm">Jacob desires to depart.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-27.htm">Laban detains him on a new agreement.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/30.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/30.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob</b><br>This phrase indicates a significant physical separation between Laban and Jacob. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a "three-day journey" was a common measure of distance, suggesting a deliberate and substantial gap to prevent immediate interaction or interference. This separation underscores the tension and mistrust between Laban and Jacob, as Laban seeks to protect his interests by distancing himself from Jacob. The number three often symbolizes completeness or divine intervention in the Bible, which may imply that this separation was part of God's providential plan for Jacob's eventual independence and prosperity.<p><b>while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks</b><br>Jacob's role as a shepherd is significant, as it reflects his ongoing service and commitment to Laban, despite the strained relationship. Shepherding was a common occupation in the patriarchal period, requiring skill and dedication. This phrase highlights Jacob's diligence and integrity in fulfilling his responsibilities, even as he prepares for his own future. The imagery of shepherding is also a recurring biblical motif, often associated with leadership and care, foreshadowing Jacob's eventual role as the patriarch of the Israelite tribes. Additionally, shepherding connects to the typology of Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd, who cares for His flock with devotion and sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The grandson of Abraham, son of Isaac, and brother of Esau. Jacob is a central figure in Genesis, known for his cunning and his role in the lineage of the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, known for his deceptive nature. He plays a significant role in Jacob's life, particularly in the events surrounding Jacob's marriages and his work with Laban's flocks.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/three-day_journey.htm">Three-day journey</a></b><br>This distance signifies a separation between Jacob and Laban's flocks, allowing Jacob to manage his own flocks without interference from Laban.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/flocks.htm">Flocks</a></b><br>The livestock that Jacob tended for Laban, which became a source of wealth and contention between the two men.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a></b><br>The region where these events took place, also known as Haran, which is significant in the patriarchal accounts of Genesis.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/separation_for_growth.htm">Separation for Growth</a></b><br>Just as Jacob needed to separate from Laban to grow his own wealth and family, believers sometimes need to create distance from influences that hinder spiritual growth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>Despite Laban's attempts to control and deceive, God provided for Jacob. This reminds us that God is our ultimate provider, even when circumstances seem unfavorable.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_work.htm">Integrity in Work</a></b><br>Jacob's diligence in tending the flocks, despite Laban's deceit, teaches the importance of integrity and hard work in our vocations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>Jacob's journey and eventual prosperity illustrate the importance of trusting in God's timing and plan, even when the path is unclear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/conflict_resolution.htm">Conflict Resolution</a></b><br>The ongoing conflict between Jacob and Laban highlights the need for wisdom and patience in resolving disputes, relying on God's guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_plot_of_chosen_generation.htm">Why was Joseph imprisoned in Egypt?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_jacob_more_worried_about_reputation.htm">Genesis 34:30 - Why does Jacob seem more concerned about his reputation than the moral implications of the violence committed by his sons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_it_a_contradiction_that_jacob_saw_god.htm">Jesus says, 'No one has seen God' (John 1:18), but Genesis 32:30 says Jacob saw God face to face. Isn't this a contradiction?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_brought_joseph_to_egypt.htm">Who brought Joseph to Egypt: the Ishmaelites who bought him (Genesis 37:28), the Midianites who sold him (Genesis 37:36), or his brothers who sold him (Genesis 45:4)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(36) <span class= "bld">He set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob.</span>--This means that Laban required that there should be an interval of between thirty and forty miles between "himself," that is, his flocks, and those of Jacob. His wealth in sheep and goats must have been enormous to require so large a separate feeding-ground; and this we learn from <a href="/genesis/30-30.htm" title="For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the LORD has blessed you since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also?">Genesis 30:30</a> had been the result of Jacob's care. The words "and Jacob fed," &c., are added to correct the natural supposition that he would at least give some part of his time and care to his own flocks, whereas it was his personal duty to attend only to those of Laban. The verse, nevertheless, is awkward, and the Syriac has probably preserved the right-reading: "And he set three days' journey between himself and Laban: and Jacob fed the flock of Laban that was left." The Samaritan and LXX. read, "between them and Jacob."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 36.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And</span> (as if to insure the impossibility of the two flocks mingling and breeding) <span class="cmt_word">he set three days journey betwixt himself</span> (with his sons and the parti-colored animals) <span class="cmt_word">and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks</span> - out of which he was to pay himself as best he could in accordance with the contract. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/30-36.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then he put</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיָּ֗שֶׂם</span> <span class="translit">(way·yā·śem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a three-day</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">journey</span><br /><span class="heb">דֶּ֚רֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(de·reḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">between</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּינ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bê·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">himself and Jacob,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲקֹ֑ב</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while Jacob</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיַעֲקֹ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3290.htm">Strong's 3290: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was shepherding</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹעֶ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(rō·‘eh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7462.htm">Strong's 7462: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the rest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנּוֹתָרֹֽת׃</span> <span class="translit">(han·nō·w·ṯā·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Laban’s</span><br /><span class="heb">לָבָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3837.htm">Strong's 3837: </a> </span><span class="str2">Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">flocks.</span><br /><span class="heb">צֹ֥אן</span> <span class="translit">(ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/30-36.htm">Genesis 30:36 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/30-36.htm">OT Law: Genesis 30:36 He set three days' journey between himself (Gen. 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