Genesis 31:8-10
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
8 If he said, “The spotted sheep will be your wages,” then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, “The streaked sheep will be your wages,” then all the sheep were born streaked.(A) 9 God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.
10 ‘When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
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Genesis 31:8-10
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.
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Genesis 31:8-10
English Standard Version
8 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. 9 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.
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