2. Jacob noticed that Laban's feelings toward him had changed.
3. Then the Lord spoke to Jacob. He said, "Go back to your father's land and to your relatives. I will be with you."
4. So Jacob sent word to Rachel and Leah. He told them to come out to the fields where his flocks were.
5. He said to them, "I see that your father's feelings toward me have changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
6. You know that I've worked for your father with all of my strength.
7. "But your father has cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. In spite of everything that's happened, God hasn't let him harm me.
8. Sometimes Laban would say, 'The speckled ones will be your pay.' Then all the flocks had little ones with speckles. At other times he would say, 'The striped ones will be your pay.' Then all the flocks had little ones with stripes.
9. So God has taken away your father's livestock and given it to me.