Genesis 31:1-13 ▼

1 Then Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all 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 friendly toward him as formerly.

3 Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kin, and I will be with you.”

4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field,

5 and he said to them, “I see your father’s face, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me.

6 You also know that I have served your father with all my power.

7 Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to harm me.

8 If he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped.

9 Thus God has delivered your father’s livestock and given them to me.

10 Now it happened at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.

11 Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

12 He said, ‘Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your kin.’”