Genesis 31:7-9

English Standard Version

⁷yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ^(A)ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. ⁸If he said, ^(B)‘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. ⁹Thus God has ^(C)taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.

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Genesis 31:7-9

New International Version

⁷yet your father has cheated^(A) me by changing my wages^(B) ten times.^(C) However, God has not allowed him to harm me.^(D) ⁸If 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,’^(E) then all the flocks bore streaked young. ⁹So God has taken away your father’s livestock^(F) and has given them to me.^(G)

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Genesis 31:7-9

King James Version

⁷And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

⁸If 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.

⁹Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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Genesis 31:7-9

New King James Version

⁷Yet your father has deceived me and ^(A)changed my wages ^(B)ten times, but God ^(C)did not allow him to hurt me. ⁸If he said thus: ^(D)‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked. ⁹So God has ^(E)taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.