![]() Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the territory of Gilead. They set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving. Rachel stole her father's household gods and took them with her. He drove the flocks in front of him-all the livestock he had acquired at Paddan-aram-and set out on his journey to the land of Canaan, where his father, Isaac, lived.Īt the time they left, Laban was some distance away, shearing his sheep. So Jacob put his wives and children on camels. So go ahead and do whatever God has told you." The riches God has given you from our father are legally ours and our children's to begin with. He sold us, and what he received for us has disappeared. He has reduced our rights to those of foreign women. ![]() Rachel and Leah said, "That's fine with us! There's nothing for us here-none of our father's wealth will come to us anyway. Now leave this country and return to the land you came from.'" I am the God you met at Bethel, the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made a vow to serve me. For I have seen all that Laban has done to you. The angel said, `Look, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, `Jacob!' And I replied, `Yes, I'm listening!' In this way, God has made me wealthy at your father's expense.ĭuring the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted. ![]() And when he changed his mind and said I could have the streaked ones, then all the lambs were born streaked. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.įor if he said the speckled animals were mine, the whole flock began to produce speckled lambs. You know how hard I have worked for your father,īut he has tricked me, breaking his wage agreement with me again and again. "But the God of my father has been with me. "Your father has turned against me and is not treating me like he used to," he told them. Jacob called Rachel and Leah out to the field where he was watching the flocks, Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your father and grandfather and to your relatives there, and I will be with you." "All his wealth has been gained at our father's expense."Īnd Jacob began to notice a considerable cooling in Laban's attitude toward him. ![]() "Jacob has robbed our father!" they said. But Jacob soon learned that Laban's sons were beginning to grumble. ![]()
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