And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods;
Þerfor whanne þe scheep weren ridun in þe firste tyme, Jacob puttide þe yerdis in þe trouyis of watir bifor þe iyen of rammys and of scheep, þat þei schulden conseyue in þe siyt of tho yerdis.