If he said, (A)‘The spotted shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped. Thus God has (B)taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. 10 In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled. 11 Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am!’ 12 And he said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see, all the goats that mate with the flock are striped, spotted, and mottled, for (C)I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

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If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ then all the flocks gave birth to speckled young; and if he said, ‘The streaked ones will be your wages,’(A) then all the flocks bore streaked young. So God has taken away your father’s livestock(B) and has given them to me.(C)

10 “In breeding season I once had a dream(D) 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(E) said to me in the dream,(F) ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’(G) 12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,(H) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.(I)

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