1. Now he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, “Jacob has taken all that our father has,” and “From that which was our father’s he has gained all this wealth.”
2. Then Jacob saw the face of Laban and, behold, it was not like it had been in the past.
3. And Yahweh said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your ancestors and to your family, and I will be with you.”
4. So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field, to his flocks,
5. and he said to them, “Look, I see the face of your father, that it is not like it has been toward me in the past. But the God of my father is with me.
6. Now you yourselves know that I have served your father with all my strength,
7. and your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God has not allowed him to harm me.
8. If thus he said, ‘Speckled shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore speckled. And if he said, ‘Streaked shall be your wage,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
9. God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.
10. Now it happened that at the time of the mating of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams mounting the flock were streaked, speckled, and dappled.