Genesis 31:1-21

1Now 1Jacob 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 2wealth.” 2Jacob saw the 3attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly. 3Then the Lord said to Jacob, “4Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and 5I will be with you.” 4So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field, 5and said to them, “6I see your father’s 7attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but 8the God of my father has been with me. 69You know that I have served your father with all my strength. 7Yet your father has 10cheated me and 11changed my wages ten times; however, 12God did not allow him to hurt me. 8If 13he 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. 9Thus God has 14taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. 10And it came about at the time when the flock were 15mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were 16mating were striped, speckled, and mottled. 11Then 17the angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob,’ and I said, ‘Here I am.’ 12He said, ‘Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats which are 18mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for 19I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. 13I am 20the God of Bethel, where you 21anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, 22leave this land, and 23return to the land of your birth.’” 14Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house? 15Are we not reckoned by him as foreigners? For 24he has sold us, and has also 25entirely consumed 26our purchase price. 16Surely 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.”

17Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels; 18and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, 27to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. 19When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the 2829household idols that were her father’s. 20And Jacob 30deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing. 21So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of 31Gilead.