Objects

trough

The trough is where animals drink and, in Genesis 30, where Jacob places peeled shoots so mating produces speckled and spotted offspring.

Category

Objects

First mention

Genesis 24:20

Tags

2

Genesis 24, 30Animal care

Scripture references

  • Genesis 24:20

    She quickly emptied her pitcher into the trough...

  • Genesis 30:38

    He set up the shoots he had peeled in front of the animals, in the troughs, in the water-holes where the animals came to drink.

  • Genesis 30:41

    Furthermore, whenever the sturdier animals were mating, Jacob put the shoots where the animals could see them, in the troughs, so that they would mate in front of the shoots.