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And he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was to our father, and from that which was to our father he has gotten all this wealth.

And Jacob saw the face of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

And Jehovah said to Jacob, Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred. And I will be with you.

And Jacob sent and called for Rachel and for Leah to come to the field, to his flocks.

And he said to them, I see your father's face, that it is not toward me as before. But the God of my father has been with me.

And you know that with all my power I have served your father.

And your father has cheated me and has changed my wages ten times. And God has not let him do evil to me.

And if he said this: The speckled shall be your wages, then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said this, The striped shall be your wages, then all the flocks bore striped.

And God has taken away the livestock of your father and has given to me.

And it happened at the time the flock was in heat, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream: And behold! The rams leaping on the flock were striped, speckled, and spotted.

And the Angel of God spoke to me in a dream, Jacob! And I said, Behold me.

And He said, Lift up your eyes and see all the rams leaping on the flock; they are striped, speckled and spotted. For I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.

I am the God of Bethel, there where you anointed the pillar, where you vowed a vow to Me. Now rise up; go out of this land and go back to the land of your kindred.

And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet to us a portion and an inheritance in the house of our father?

Are we not counted strangers by him. For he has sold us, and selling he has sold us for silver.

For all the wealth which God has taken from our father, it is for us and for our sons. And now all that which God has said to you, do.

And Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels.

And he drove all the livestock, and he took all his goods which he had gotten, livestock of his property which he had gotten in Padan-aram, to come to his father Isaac, to the land of Canaan.

And Laban went to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the household idols which were her father's.

And Jacob deceived the heart of Laban the Syrian, for he did not tell him that he was about to flee.

And he and all that was to him fled. And he rose up and crossed the River and set his face to Mount Gilead.