30:35-31:11

[30:35] And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstreaked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons; [30:36] and he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. [30:37] And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. [30:38] And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering-troughs where the flocks came to drink; and they conceived when they came to drink. [30:39] And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. [30:40] And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban’s flock. [30:41] And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods; [30:42] but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s. [30:43] And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses. [31:1] 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. [31:2] And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime. [31:3] And Jehovah said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. [31:4] And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, [31:5] and said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime; but the God of my father hath been with me. [31:6] And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. [31:7] And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. [31:8] If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. [31:9] Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. [31:10] And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled. [31:11] And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.