Genesis 31:6-11

6You know that I have worked as hard as I could for your father.

7Your father has cheated me. He has changed my wages 10 times. But God hasn’t let him harm me.

8Whenever he said, ‘The speckled ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to speckled young. And whenever he said, ‘The striped ones will be your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to striped young.

9So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.

10“During the mating season I had a dream: I looked up and saw that the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, or spotted.

11In the dream the Messenger of God called to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I answered, ‘Yes, here I am.’