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Genesis 31:11-19 Common English Bible (CEB)

11. In the dream, God’s messenger said to me, ‘Jacob!’ and I said, ‘I’m here.’

12. He said, ‘Look up and watch all the striped, speckled, and spotted male goats mounting the flock. I’ve seen everything that Laban is doing to you.

13. I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a sacred pillar and where you made a solemn promise to me. Now, get up and leave this country and go back to the land of your relatives.’"

14. Rachel and Leah answered him, "Is there any share or inheritance left for us in our father’s household?

15. Doesn’t he think of us as foreigners since he sold us and has even used up the payment he received for us?

16. All of the wealth God took from our father belongs to us and our children. Now, do everything God told you to do."

17. So Jacob got up, put his sons and wives on the camels,

18. and set out with all of his livestock and all of his possessions that he had acquired in Paddan-aram in order to return to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

19. Now, while Laban was out shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the household’s divine images that belonged to her father.

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