29. Jacob answered, “You know that I have worked hard for you, and your flocks have grown while I cared for them.
30. When I came, you had little, but now you have much. Every time I did something for you, the Lord blessed you. But when will I be able to do something for my own family?”
31. Laban asked, “Then what should I give you?”Jacob answered, “I don’t want you to give me anything. Just do this one thing, and I will come back and take care of your flocks.
32. Today let me go through all your flocks. I will take every speckled or spotted sheep, every black lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. That will be my pay.
33. In the future you can easily see if I am honest. When you come to look at my flocks, if I have any goat that isn’t speckled or spotted or any lamb that isn’t black, you will know I stole it.”