Gen 30:32 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 32. I will pass through all thy flock ] tson , implying, as we have before seen, all smaller cattle , such as sheep, goats , &c. All the speckled and spotted cattle ] seh , which we translate cattle , signifies the young either of sheep or goats, what we call a lamb or a kid . Speckled , nakod , signifies interspersed with variously coloured spots . Spotted ] talu , spotted with large spot either of the same or different colours, from tala , to patch , to make party-coloured or patch-work ; see . I have never seen such sheep as are here described but in the islands of Zetland. There I have seen the most beautiful brown , or fine chocolate colour among the sheep; and several of the ring-streaked, spotted, speckled , and piebald among the same; and some of the latter description I have brought over, and can exhibit a specimen of Jacob's flock brought from the North Seas, feeding in Middlesex. And all the brown ] chum . I should rather suppose this to signify a lively brown , as the root signifies to be warm or hot .

‏ Genesis 30:32

Verse 32. I will pass through all thy flock] tson, implying, as we have before seen, all smaller cattle, such as sheep, goats, &c.

All the speckled and spotted cattle] seh, which we translate cattle, signifies the young either of sheep or goats, what we call a lamb or a kid. Speckled, nakod, signifies interspersed with variously coloured spots.

Spotted] talu, spotted with large spot either of the same or different colours, from tala, to patch, to make party-coloured or patch-work; see Eze 16:16. I have never seen such sheep as are here described but in the islands of Zetland. There I have seen the most beautiful brown, or fine chocolate colour among the sheep; and several of the ring-streaked, spotted, speckled, and piebald among the same; and some of the latter description I have brought over, and can exhibit a specimen of Jacob's flock brought from the North Seas, feeding in Middlesex.

And all the brown] chum. I should rather suppose this to signify a lively brown, as the root signifies to be warm or hot.