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 Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not [friendly] toward him as formerly.

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 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 formerly, 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 hurt me.

8 |If he spoke thus, 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth striped.

9 |Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given [them] to me.

10 |And it came about 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 birth.'|