Lexham English Bible

Genesis 31:7-16 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

11. Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’

12. And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see—all the rams mounting the flock are streaked, speckled, and dappled, for I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

13. I am the God of Bethel where you anointed a stone pillar, where you made a vow to me. Now get up, go out from this land and return to the land of your birth.’ ”

14. Then Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, “Is there yet a portion for us, and an inheritance in the house of our father?

15. Are we not regarded as foreigners by him, because he has sold us and completely consumed our money?

16. For all the wealth that God has taken away from our father, it belongs to us and to our sons. So now, all that God has said to you, do.”