Genesis 31:1–16 · BSB
31:1
Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
31:2
And Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
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31:3
Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
31:4
So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
31:5
and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
31:6
You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
31:7
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
31:8
If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.
31:9
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
31:10
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
31:11
In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’
31:12
‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
31:13
I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
31:14
And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
31:15
Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
31:16
Surely all the wealth that God has taken away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
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