1. And he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s, he has gotten all this glory.
2. And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3. Also the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4. And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his sheep
5. and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me.
6. And ye know that with all my strength I have served your father.
7. And your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me.
8. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the sheep bore speckled; and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then all the sheep bore ringstraked.
9. Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
10. And it came to pass at the time that the sheep conceived, that I lifted up my eyes and saw in dreams, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the females were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.