Genesis 30:30-32

Contemporary English Version

³⁰You didn't have much before I came, but the Lord has blessed everything I have ever done for you. Now it's time for me to start looking out for my own family.

³¹“How much do you want me to pay you?” Laban asked.

Then Jacob told him:

I don't want you to pay me anything. Just do one thing, and I'll take care of your sheep and goats. ³²Let me go through your flocks and herds and take the sheep and goats that are either spotted or speckled^[a] and the black lambs. That's all you need to give me.

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Footnotes

30.32 spotted or speckled: In ancient times sheep were usually white, and goats were usually black or dark brown; only a few sheep would have black spots, and only a few goats would have white spots.