Then Jacob took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled white strips on them, exposing the white which [was] on the branches.

And whenever any of the stronger of the flocks were in heat, Jacob put the branches {in full view} of the flock in the troughs that they might mate among the branches.

Joseph [is] the bough of a fruitful vine, a fruitful bough by a spring. His branches climb over the wall.

Now a river flowed out from Eden that watered the garden, and from there it diverged and became four branches.

And he set the branches that he had peeled in front of the flocks, in the troughs [and] in the water containers. And they were in heat when they came to drink.

And the flocks mated by the branches, so the flocks bore streaked, speckled, and spotted.

and on the vine [were] three branches. And as it budded, its blossoms came up, [and] its clusters of grapes grew ripe.

Then Joseph said to him, "This [is] its interpretation: The three branches, they [are] three days.