Genesis 31:1–16

¹And he heareth the words of Laban’s sons, saying, ‘Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;’ ²and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore. ³And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, ‘Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.’ ⁴And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock; ⁵and saith to them, ‘I am beholding your father’s face—that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me, ⁶and ye—ye have known that with all my power I have served your father, ⁷and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.

⁸‘If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked; ⁹and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.

¹⁰‘And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, are ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled; ¹¹and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here am I.

¹²‘And He saith, Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and see—all the he-goats which are going up on the flock are ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to thee; ¹³I am the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.’ ¹⁴And Rachel answereth—Leah also—and saith to him, ‘Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father? ¹⁵have we not been reckoned strangers to him? for he hath sold us, and he also utterly consumeth our money; ¹⁶for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it is ours, and our children’s; and now, all that God hath said unto thee—do.’