unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/30/41.md

## before the eyes of the flock ##

"so that the flock could see them"

## so that they might conceive among the sticks ##

"to increase the chances that they would conceive among the sticks"

## might conceive ##

"might breed" or "might mate"

## among the sticks ##

"in front of the sticks"

## the feebler animals ##

"the weaker animals"

## so the feebler animals were Laban's, and the stronger were Jacob's. ##

"So the weaker offspring belonged to Laban, while the stronger offspring belonged to Jacob." You can make this even more explicit: "So the weaker offspring did not have stripes or spots and so belonged to Laban, while the stronger offspring did have stripes or spots and so belonged to Jacob." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]).