Genesis 30:39 Commentary: Rashi, Rashbam, Radak & Siftei Chakhamim

וַיֶּחֱמ֥וּ הַצֹּ֖אן אֶל־הַמַּקְל֑וֹת וַתֵּלַ֣דְןָ הַצֹּ֔אן עֲקֻדִּ֥ים נְקֻדִּ֖ים וּטְלֻאִֽים׃

And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Rashi on Genesis

אל המקלות means at the sight of the rods.
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Rashbam on Genesis

ויחמו הצאן, this is a masculine construction.
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Radak on Genesis

ויחמו, a reference to the males. However, as we learned earlier, the females would be in heat simultaneously.
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