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Genesis - ch 31 v 1 - 20
- 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 obtained all this glory.
- And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and behold, it was not towards him as before.
- And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
- And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field to his flock,
- And said to them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not towards me as before: but the God of my father hath been with me.
- And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
- And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me.
- If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore ring-streaked.
- Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.
- And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
- And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
- And he said, Lift up now thy eyes and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth to thee.
- I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst to me a vow: now arise, depart from this land, and return to the land of thy kindred.
- And Rachel and Leah answered, and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
- Are we not counted by him strangers; for he hath sold us, and hath quite consumed also our money.
- For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then whatever God hath said to thee, do.
- Then Jacob arose, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
- And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gained, the cattle of his getting, which he had gained in Padan-aram; to go to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan.
- And Laban went to shear his sheep; and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.
- And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he was about to depart.
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