If (A)he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth striped. Thus God has (B)taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. 10 And it came about at the time when the flock were [a]mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were [b]mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 31:10 Or conceiving
  2. Genesis 31:10 Lit leaping upon the flock