Genesis 30:40
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 30:40 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 30:40 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 30:40 — KJV
“And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.”
— Genesis 30:40 (KJV)
Genesis 30:40 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 30:40
“And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:40: jacob, set, flocks
“And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. sheep: or, goats”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:40: jacob, flocks, flock
“And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:40: lambs, set, flock
“I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:40: brown, flock, own
“But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 30:40: jacob, laban, put
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