Genesis 30:37-39

Good News Translation

³⁷ Jacob got green branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees and stripped off some of the bark so that the branches had white stripes on them. ³⁸ He placed these branches in front of the flocks at their drinking troughs. He put them there, because the animals mated when they came to drink. ³⁹ So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.