Genesis 31:1–16

¹And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s, and of what was our father’s he has acquired all this glory. ²And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not toward him as previously. ³And Jehovah said to Jacob, Return into the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. ⁴And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the fields to his flock, ⁵and said to them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as previously; but the God of my father has been with me. ⁶And you know that with all my power I have served your father. ⁷And your father has mocked me, and has changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. ⁸If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked. ⁹And God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. ¹⁰And it came to pass at the time of the ardour of the flocks, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams that leaped upon the flocks were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. ¹¹And the Angel of God said to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Here am I. ¹²And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see: all the rams that leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted; for I have seen all that Laban does to thee. ¹³I am the •God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, where thou vowedst a vow to me. Now arise, depart out of this land, and return to the land of thy kindred. ¹⁴And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father’s house? ¹⁵Are we not reckoned of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has even constantly devoured our money. ¹⁶For all the wealth that God has taken from our father is ours and our children’s; and now whatever God has said to thee do.