Genesis 31:1-21

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

Jacob Flees from Laban

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