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Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth."

And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory.

And Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as it had been before.

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

Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."

And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.

So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field,

And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock,

and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as it was before, but the God of my father has been with me.

And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.

"You know that I have served your father with all my strength.

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

"Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to do me harm.

And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

"If he said this: 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock delivered striped.

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.

"So God has taken away your father's livestock and given them to me.

Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

"And it came about at the time when the flock was breeding that I raised my eyes and saw in a dream—and behold—the male goats that were mating were striped, speckled, or mottled.

And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

"Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob'; and I said, 'Here I am.'

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

"He said, 'Now raise your eyes and see that all the male goats that are mating are striped, speckled, or mottled; for I have seen everything that Laban has been doing to you.

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"

I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

Rachel and Leah said to him, "Do we still have any share or inheritance in our father's house?

And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

"Are we not regarded by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price.

Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.

"Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has told you."

For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

Then Jacob stood up and put his children and his wives on camels;

Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;

and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had acquired, the livestock he possessed which he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac.

And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.

Laban had gone to shear his flock, and Rachel stole the household idols that were her father's.

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.

And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing.

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

So he fled with all that he had; and he got up and crossed the Euphrates River, and set out for the hill country of Gilead.

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.