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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 31, Verse 10

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Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
King James Version
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.
New English Translation
“Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
World English Bible
It happened during mating season that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.
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And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I.
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And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle [are] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
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I [am] the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, [and] where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
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And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, [Is there] yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
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Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
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For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that [is] ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
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Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
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And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
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And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that [were] her father's.
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And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.