³⁷ Jacob, however, took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond^(A) and plane trees^(B) and made white stripes on them by peeling the bark and exposing the white inner wood of the branches.^(C)

⁹ So God has taken away your father’s livestock^(A) and has given them to me.^(B)

¹⁰ “In breeding season I once had a dream^(C) in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted. ¹¹ The angel of God^(D) said to me in the dream,^(E) ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’^{(F) 12} And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,^(G) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.^{(H) 13} I am the God of Bethel,^(I) where you anointed a pillar^(J) and where you made a vow^(K) to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.^(L)’”