³⁸ Then he placed the peeled branches^(A) in all the watering troughs,^(B) so that they would be directly in front of the flocks when they came to drink. When the flocks were in heat^(C) and came to drink,

⁴¹ Whenever the stronger females were in heat,^(A) Jacob would place the branches in the troughs in front of the animals so they would mate near the branches,^(B)