1. But afterwards, he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, "Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and being enlarged by his ability, he has become famous."
2. Likewise, he observed that Laban's face was not the same toward him as it was yesterday and the day before.
3. Most importantly, the Lord was saying to him, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your generation, and I will be with you."
4. He sent and called for Rachel and Leah, in the field where he pastured the flocks,
5. and he said to them: "I see that your father's face is not the same toward me as it was yesterday and the day before. But the God of my father has been with me.
6. And you know that I have served your father with all my strength.
7. Even so, your father has circumvented me, and he has changed my wages ten times. And yet God has not permitted him to harm me.
8. Whenever he said, 'The speckled will be your wages,' all the sheep gave birth to speckled newborns. Yet truly, when he said the contrary, 'You will take whatever is white for your wages,' all the flocks gave birth to white ones.
9. And it is God who has taken your father's substance and given it to me.
10. For after the time had arrived for the ewes to conceive, I lifted up my eyes, and I saw in my sleep that the males climbing on the females were of variegated, and spotted, and diverse colors.
11. And the Angel of God said to me in my sleep, 'Jacob.' And I responded, 'Here I am.'
12. And he said: 'Lift up your eyes, and see that all the males climbing on the females are variegated, spotted, and also speckled. For I have seen all that Laban has done to you.