Genesis 31:1-13 ▼

1 And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken away everything that belonged to our father, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth.”

2 And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and behold, it was not with him as yesterday and the day before yesterday.

3 And YHWH said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”

4 And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to the field, to his flock,

5 and he said to them, “I can see the face of your? father, that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before yesterday; and the God of my father has been with me.

6 And you? know that with all my strength I have served your? father.

7 And your? father has deceived me, and has changed my wage ten times; and God did not allow him to do evil with me.

8 If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The striped shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore stripes.

9 And God has snatched away the livestock of your? father and gave them to me.

10 And it came to pass at the time the flock was conceiving, that I lifted my eyes and saw in the dream, and behold, the male goats going up on the flock were striped, speckled, and spotted.

11 And the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ And I said, ‘Behold, it is I.’

12 And He said, ‘Lift up now your eyes and see, all the he-goats going up on the flock are striped, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed to Me a vow. Now arise, go out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”