that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted
stolen with me.
34 And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
35 And he removed
that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and
spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them
into the hand of his sons.
36 And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed
the rest of Laban's flocks.
37 And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut
tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
38 And he set
the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks
came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink.
39 And the flocks conceived before
the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
40 And Jacob did separate the
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and
he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
41 And it came to pass, whensoever
the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters,
that they might conceive among the rods.
42 But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the
feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's.
43 And the man increased exceedingly, and had much
cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
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1 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and
of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.
2 And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban,
and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
3 And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of
thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to
the field unto his flock,
5 And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as
before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served
your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him
not to hurt me.
8 If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if
he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
9 Thus God hath taken
away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle
conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon
the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream,
saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which
leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto
thee.
13 I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto
me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and
Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
15
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever
God hath said unto thee, do.
17 Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
18
And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which
he had gotten in Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went
to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
20 And Jacob stole away
unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
21 So he fled with all that he had; and
he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
22 And it was told Laban
on the third day that Jacob was fled.
23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven
days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the Syrian in a
dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.
25 Then
Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched
in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away
unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?
27 Wherefore didst
thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away
with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons
and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand to do
you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak