Genesis 31:1-13 ▼

1 And he will hear the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob took all which was to our father, and from what was to our father he made all this multitude.

2 And Jacob will see the face of Laban, and behold, it was not towards him as yesterday, the third day.

3 And Jehovah will say to Jacob, Turn back to the land of thy fathers, and to thy lineage; and I will be with thee.

4 And Jacob will send and call to Rachel and to Leah in the field to his sheep.

5 And will say to them, I saw the face of your father that it is not towards me as yesterday the third day: and the God of my father was with me.

6 And ye yourselves knew that with all my strength I served, your father,

7 And your father deceived me and changed my wages ten parts; and God gave him not to do evil by me.

8 If thus he will say, The speckled shall be thy hire; and all the sheep shall bring forth speckled: and if thus he will say, The banded shall be thy hire, and all the sheep will bring forth white-footed.

9 And God will take away the cattle of your father and will give them to me.

10 And it shall be in the time the sheep shall conceive, and I shall lift up mine eyes, and I shall see in a dream, and behold, the he-goats ascending upon the sheep, banded, speckled and sprinkled with spots.

11 And the messenger of God will say to me in a dream, Jacob: and I shall say, Behold me.

12 And he will say, Lift up now thine eyes and see all the he-goats ascending upon the sheep, banded, speckled and sprinkled with spots; for I saw all that Laban did to thee.

13 I the God of the house of God, where thou didst anoint there a pillar; where thou didst vow to me there a vow: now arise, go forth from this land, and turn back to the land of thy kindred.