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11 The angel of God spoke to me in that dream and said, 'Jacob!' I answered, 'Yes!'
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The angel of God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’
12 The angel said, 'Look! Only the streaked, speckled, or spotted male goats are mating. I have seen all the wrong things Laban has been doing to you.
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And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.
13 I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you poured olive oil on the stone you set up on end and where you made a promise to me. Now I want you to leave here and go back to the land where you were born.'"
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I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and where you made a vow to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.’ ”
14 Rachel and Leah answered Jacob, "Our father has nothing to give us when he dies.
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Then Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we still have any share in the inheritance of our father’s estate?
15 He has treated us like strangers. He sold us to you, and then he spent all of the money you paid for us.
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Does he not regard us as foreigners? Not only has he sold us, but he has used up what was paid for us.
16 God took all this wealth from our father, and now it belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do."
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Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you.”
17 So Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
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Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels,
18 and they began their journey back to Isaac, his father, in the land of Canaan. All the flocks of animals that Jacob owned walked ahead of them. He carried everything with him that he had gotten while he lived in Northwest Mesopotamia.
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and he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
19 While Laban was gone to cut the wool from his sheep, Rachel stole the idols that belonged to him.
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When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods.
20 And Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was leaving.
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Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.
21 Jacob and his family left quickly, crossed the Euphrates River, and traveled toward the mountains of Gilead.
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So he fled with all he had, crossed the Euphrates River, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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