Genesis 31:8-12
New International Version
8 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. 9 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)
Genesis 31:8-12
King James Version
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.
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