3 Then the Lord said to him, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your family, and I will be with you.”
4 Jacob had Rachel and Leah called to the field where his flocks were.
5 He said to them, “I can see from your father’s face that his attitude toward me is not the same, but the God of my father has been with me.
6 You know that I’ve worked hard for your father
7 and that he has cheated me and changed my wages 10 times. But God has not let him harm me.
8 If he said, ‘The spotted sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, ‘The streaked sheep will be your wages,’ then all the sheep were born streaked.
9 God has taken away your father’s herds and given them to me.