Genesis 31:2-9
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Chapter 31
2And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. 3Then the Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."
4So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was
5and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.
6You know that I have served your father with all my strength,
7yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me.
8If he said, ‘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.
9Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me.
