And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

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He said to them, “I see that your father’s(A) attitude toward me is not what it was before,(B) but the God of my father has been with me.(C) You know that I’ve worked for your father with all my strength,(D) yet your father has cheated(E) me by changing my wages(F) ten times.(G) However, God has not allowed him to harm me.(H) If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’(I) then all the flocks bore streaked young. So God has taken away your father’s livestock(J) and has given them to me.(K)

10 “In breeding season I once had a dream(L) in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. 11 The angel of God(M) said to me in the dream,(N) ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’(O) 12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,(P) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.(Q) 13 I am the God of Bethel,(R) where you anointed a pillar(S) and where you made a vow(T) to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.(U)’”

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