1 Now Jacob heard what Laban’s sons were saying: “ Jacob has taken all that was our father’s and has built this wealth from what belonged to our father.”
2 And Jacob saw from Laban’s face that his attitude toward him was not the same.
3 Then the LORD said to him, “ Go back to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”
4 Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field where his flocks were.
5 He said to them, “ I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I’ve worked hard for your father
7 and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
8 If he said, ‘ The spotted sheep will be your wages ,’ then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, ‘ The streaked sheep will be your wages ,’ then all the sheep were born streaked.
9 God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.
10 “ When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
11 In that dream the Angel of God said to me, ‘ Jacob ! ’ and I said, ‘ Here I am.’
12 And He said, ‘ Look up and see: all the males that are mating with the flocks are streaked, spotted, and speckled, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where you poured oil on the stone marker and made a solemn vow to Me. Get up, leave this land, and return to your native land.’ ”
