4. So Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his flocks.
5. He said to them, “I have seen that your father is not as friendly with me as he used to be. But the God of my father has been with me.
6. You both know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father.
7. But he cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. But God has not allowed your father to harm me.
8. At one time Laban said, ‘You can have all the speckled goats as your pay.’ After that, all the animals gave birth to speckled young ones. But then Laban said, ‘You can have all the streaked goats as your pay.’ After that, all the animals gave birth to streaked babies.