Genesis 30:31-36 ▼

31 He said, |What should I give you?| Jacob said, |You do not need to give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture your flock and take care of it.

32 I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my wages.

33 So my honesty will testify for me later on, when the subject of my wages comes before you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep that I have in my possession, will be counted as stolen.|

34 Laban said, |Look, let it be as you have said.|

35 That day, he removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and put them in the care of his sons.

36 He set three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob pastured the rest of Laban’s flocks.