“And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.”
Whenever the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches. The selective application of the branch method — to the stronger animals, not the weaker — is Jacob's deliberate optimization of the outcome. He is not leaving it to chance; he is applying his method strategically. The application: the combination of divine provision and human diligence is the pattern of covenant stewardship. The branches are placed strategically; God directs the outcome.
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