1. And he heareth the words of Laban's sons, saying, `Jacob hath taken all that our father hath; yea, from that which our father hath, he hath made all this honour;'
2. and Jacob seeth the face of Laban, and lo, it is not with him as heretofore.
3. And Jehovah saith unto Jacob, `Turn back unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred, and I am with thee.'
4. And Jacob sendeth and calleth for Rachel and for Leah to the field unto his flock;
5. and saith to them, `I am beholding your father's face--that it is not towards me as heretofore, and the God of my father hath been with me,
6. and ye--ye have known that with all my power I have served your father,
7. and your father hath played upon me, and hath changed my hire ten times; and God hath not suffered him to do evil with me.
8. `If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked;
9. and God taketh away the substance of your father, and doth give to me.
10. `And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled;
11. and the messenger of God saith unto me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here [am] I.