Genesis 31:1-9 ▼

1 He heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, |Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.|

2 Jacob saw the expression on Laban’s face, and look, it was not as it had been.

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

4 Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flock was,

5 and said to them, |I see the expression on your father’s face, that it is not what it was before. But the God of my father has been with me.

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

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

8 If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked.

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