Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Whenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
World English Bible (WEB)
It happened, whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
Strong's King James
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger{H7194}{(H8794)} cattle{H6629} did conceive{H3179}{(H8763)}, that Jacob{H3290} laid{H7760}{(H8804)} the rods{H4731} before the eyes{H5869} of the cattle{H6629} in the gutters{H7298}, that they might conceive{H3179}{(H8763)} among the rods{H4731}.
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Young's Literal Translation
And it hath come to pass whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob set the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods,
