12. He said, 'Look up. See the male goats mating with the flock. All of them have stripes, speckles or spots. That is because I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you.
13. " 'I am the God of Bethel. That is where you poured oil on a pillar. There you made a promise to me. Now leave this land. Go back to your own land.' "
14. Rachel and Leah replied, "Do we still have any share in our father's property?
15. Doesn't our father think of us as strangers? First he sold us. Now he has used up what he was paid for us.
16. All of the wealth God took away from our father really belongs to us and our children. So do what God has told you to do."
17. Then Jacob put his children and wives on camels.
18. He drove all of his livestock ahead of him. He also took with him everything he had gotten in Paddan Aram. He left to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
19. Laban had gone to clip the wool from his sheep. While he was gone, Rachel stole the statues of family gods that belonged to her father.
20. And that's not all. Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean. He didn't tell him he was running away.
21. So Jacob ran off with everything he had. He crossed the Euphrates River. And he headed for the hill country of Gilead.
22. On the third day Laban was told that Jacob had run away.
23. He took his relatives with him and went after Jacob. Seven days later he caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.
24. Then God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night. He said to him, "Be careful. Do not say anything to Jacob, whether it is good or bad."
25. Jacob had set up his tent in the hill country of Gilead. That's where Laban caught up with him. Laban and his relatives camped there too.