Jacob Flees From Laban

31 Jacob heard that Laban’s sons^(A) were saying, “Jacob has taken everything our father owned and has gained all this wealth from what belonged to our father.”^{(B) 2} And Jacob noticed that Laban’s attitude toward him was not what it had been.^(C)

³ Then the Lord said to Jacob, “Go back^(D) to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you.”^(E)

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