Genesis 30:37

Meanwhile, Jacob kept tending the rest of Laban's flock. Jacob took branches from white poplar trees, freshly cut almond trees, and some other trees, stripped off their bark to make white streaks, and uncovered the white part inside the branches.

Genesis 31:9-13

"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

Ezekiel 31:8

The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty.

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Summary

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.

Jacob

Chesnut tree

Bible References

Jacob

Genesis 31:9
"So God has taken away your father's livestock and has given them to me.

Chesnut tree

Ezekiel 31:8
The cedars in God's garden could not compare to it; Fir trees could not match its boughs. The plane tree never grew branches like it, and no tree in God's garden compares to its beauty.

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