New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Genesis 31
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.
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