7. But your father cheated me and changed my payment ten times. Yet God didn’t let him harm me.
8. If he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your payment,’ the whole flock gave birth to speckled young. And if he said, ‘The striped ones will be your payment,’ the whole flock gave birth to striped young.
9. God took away your father’s livestock and gave them to me.
10. When the flocks were mating, I looked up and saw in a dream that the male goats that mounted the flock were striped, speckled, and spotted.
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.