Does Genesis 30 verses 37 to 39 works?

Answer 1

quick reference;Genesis 30:37 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. 30:38 And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. 30:39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

If you read Genesis 31:7-16 the answer is resolved. While no doubt Jacob hoped that giving the ewes something striped to look at might help them conceive spotted offspring, that was not how the final result came about. Genesis 31:7-16 explains that God intervened, and made plain what he was doing by speaking to Jacob in a dream. God disabused Jacob of the idea that striped wooden rods would help him in any way. Instead, God made rams that were "ringstraked, speckled, and grisled" to jump upon the cattle. Genesis 31:7-16 is included below for ease of reference.

Gen 31:7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

Gen 31:8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Gen 31:9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Gen 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

Gen 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

Gen 31:12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Gen 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

Gen 31:14 And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

Gen 31:15 Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

Gen 31:16 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.