rsv Genesis:31:1-8
rsv@Genesis:31:1 @ Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, "Jacob has taken all that was our father's; and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth."
rsv@Genesis:31:2 @ And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before.
rsv@Genesis:31:3 @ Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you."
rsv@Genesis:31:4 @ So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah into the field where his flock was,
rsv@Genesis:31:5 @ and said to them, "I see that your father does not regard me with favor as he did before. But the God of my father has been with me.
rsv@Genesis:31:6 @ You know that I have served your father with all my strength;
rsv@Genesis:31:7 @ yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not permit him to harm me.
rsv@Genesis:31:8 @ If he said, `The spotted shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, `The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock bore striped.