Genesis 31:1-13 ▼

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

2 And Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as it had been before.

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

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

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

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

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

8 If he said this: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered striped.

9 So God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

10 And it came about at the time when the flock was breeding that I raised my eyes and saw in a dream—and behold—the male goats that were mating were striped, speckled, or mottled.

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

12 He said, ‘Now raise your eyes and see that all the male goats that are mating are striped, speckled, or mottled; for I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you.

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