but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

οτε δε τα προβατα ησαν οψιμα, δεν εθετεν αυτας· και ουτω τα οψιμα ησαν του Λαβαν, τα δε πρωιμα του Ιακωβ.

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.