Recently, an evangelist was speaking on vision and talked about the passage of Genesis 30. It seems so many are talking and writing on vision. What a great topic to stir us to move forward! In Genesis 30, Laban tried to trick Jacob out of his inheritance. Laban told Jacob he could have all the spotted or streaked animals, but then Laban hid those animals with his sons to keep them from Jacob. In return, Jacob gave the animals left in his care an image to focus on in order to change the situation. Then Jacob took some fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off strips of bark, making white streaks on them. Then he placed these peeled branches in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink, for that was where they mated. And when they mated in front of the white- streaked branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted. (Gen. 30: 37-39 NLT) ...
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