2. And Jacob began to notice a change in Laban’s attitude toward him.
3. Then the lord said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you.”
4. So Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching his flock.
5. He said to them, “I have noticed that your father’s attitude toward me has changed. But the God of my father has been with me.
6. You know how hard I have worked for your father,
7. but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.
8. For if he said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the whole flock began to produce speckled young. And when he changed his mind and said, ‘The striped animals will be your wages,’ then the whole flock produced striped young.
9. In this way, God has taken your father’s animals and given them to me.
10. “One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
11. Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’
12. “The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you.