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.