31:10 “Once 3 during breeding season I saw 4 in a dream that the male goats mating with 5 the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
1 tn The Hebrew verb used here can mean “to be in heat” (see v. 38) or “to mate; to conceive; to become pregnant.” The latter nuance makes better sense in this verse, for the next clause describes them giving birth.
2 tn Heb “the sheep.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“they”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator, “and it happened at the time of.”
4 tn Heb “in the time of the breeding of the flock I lifted up my eyes and I saw.”
5 tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.