Genesis 30:42
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
and when the flock is feeble, he doth not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s.

King James Bible
But when the cattle were feeble, he put [them] not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.

Hebrew
But if the animals
הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

were weak,
וּבְהַעֲטִ֥יף (ū·ḇə·ha·‘ă·ṭîp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish

he did not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

set out the branches.
יָשִׂ֑ים (yā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

So the weaker animals
הָעֲטֻפִים֙ (hā·‘ă·ṭu·p̄îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish

went to
וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

Laban
לְלָבָ֔ן (lə·lā·ḇān)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3837: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob

and the stronger ones
וְהַקְּשֻׁרִ֖ים (wə·haq·qə·šu·rîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

to Jacob.
לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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