Translations
Whenever the strongest animals were in heat and ready to mate, Jacob placed the branches in the troughs right before them.
Whenever the stronger animals of the flock were mating, Ya'akov would place the rods in the troughs before the eyes of the flock, so that they mated beside the rods.
And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
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.

