8. Whenever your father said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the entire flock would bear speckled young; whenever he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wages,’ the entire flock would bear streaked young.
9. So God took away your father’s livestock and gave it to me.
10. Once, during the flock’s mating season, I had a dream in which I saw he-goats mating that were streaked, speckled and mottled.
11. In the dream God’s angel said to me, ‘Jacob!’ and I replied, ‘Here I am!’
12. Then he said: ‘Look up and see. All the he-goats that are mating are streaked, speckled and mottled, for I have seen all the things that Laban has been doing to you.
13. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a sacred pillar and made a vow to me. Get up now! Leave this land and return to the land of your birth.’”
14. Rachel and Leah answered him: “Do we still have an heir’s portion in our father’s house?
15. Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? He not only sold us; he has even used up the money that he got for us!
16. All the wealth that God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”