6. Now you yourselves know that I’ve served your father with all my strength.
7. Yet your father has fooled around with me and has changed my salary ten times—but God hasn’t allowed him to harm me.
8. If he would say, ‘the spotted ones will be your salary,’ then the flocks would give birth to spotted ones. Or if he would say, ‘the striped ones will be your salary,’ then all the flocks would give birth to striped ones.
9. So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.
10. Now it happened when the flocks were in heat that I lifted up my eyes and saw, in a dream, behold, the males going up to the flocks were striped, spotted and speckled.
11. Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Hineni.’
12. He said, ‘Lift up your eyes and see that all the males going up to the flocks are striped, spotted and speckled. For I have seen everything Laban has done to you.
13. I am the God of Beth-El where you anointed a memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me. Get up now and leave this land, and return to the land of your relatives.’”
14. Then Rachel answered along with Leah and they said to him, “Is there still a portion and inheritance for us in our father’s house?
15. Aren’t we considered foreigners to him? For he has sold us and has also completely used up our bridal price.
16. For all the riches that God has taken away from our father is for us and for our children. So now, everything God said to you, do it!”