Gen 30:39 So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted.
Gen 30:40 Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban's flock.
Gen 30:41 Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might mate by the rods;
Gen 30:42 but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's.
Gen 30:43 So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.
Gen 31:1 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."
Gen 31:2 Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly.
Gen 31:3 Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you."
Gen 31:4 So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field,
Gen 31:5 and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me.
Gen 31:7 "Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.
Gen 31:8 "If he spoke thus, 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth striped.
Gen 31:10 "And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.
Gen 31:11 "Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.'
Gen 31:12 "He said, 'Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
Gen 31:13 'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
Gen 31:14 Rachel and Leah said to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house?
Gen 31:15 "Are we not reckoned by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price.
Gen 31:16 "Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has said to you."
Gen 31:17 ¶ Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels;