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Genesis 31:8

World English Bible

If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.

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Genesis 31:8 in other translations

If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

Genesis 31:8 · American Standard Version

Genesis 31:8 in context

  1. 6You know that I have served your father with all of my strength.
  2. 7Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.
  3. 8If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.
  4. 9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
  5. 10During mating season, 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.