40. Jacob sorted out the lambs, turning the flock to face the striped and black ones in Laban’s flock but keeping his flock separate, setting them apart from Laban’s flock.
41. Whenever the strongest of the flock mated, Jacob put the branches in front of them near the watering troughs so that they mated near the branches.
42. But he didn’t put branches up for the weakest of the flock. So the weakest became Laban’s and the strongest Jacob’s.
43. The man Jacob became very, very rich: he owned large flocks, female and male servants, camels, and donkeys.