“During the breeding season I had a dream, and I saw that the male goats that were mating were striped, spotted, and speckled.
God replied in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did it with a clear conscience; so I kept you from sinning against me and did not let you touch her.
He dreamed that he saw a stairway reaching from earth to heaven, with angels going up and coming down on it.
So when the goats bred in front of the branches, they produced young that were streaked, speckled, and spotted.
The angel of God spoke to me in the dream and said, ‘Jacob!’ ‘Yes,’ I answered.
‘Look,’ he continued, ‘all the male goats that are mating are striped, spotted, and speckled. I am making this happen because I have seen all that Laban is doing to you.
In a dream that night God came to Laban and said to him, “Be careful not to threaten Jacob in any way.”
God has taken flocks away from your father and given them to me.
One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more.
That night the Lord appeared to him in a dream and asked him, “What would you like me to give you?”
and the Lord said, “Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.
“Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,