"So my honestywill answerfor me later,whenyou comeconcerningmy wages.Everyonethat is not speckledand spottedamong the goatsand blackamong the lambs,[if found] with me, will be considered stolen."
let me passthrough your entireflocktoday,removingfrom thereeveryspeckledand spottedsheepand everyblackoneamong the lambsand the spottedand speckledamong the goats;and [such] shall be my wages.
Labansaid,"Good,let it be according to your word."
"Thoughyou have feltthroughallmy goods,whathave you foundof allyour householdgoods?Set[it] herebeforemy kinsmenand your kinsmen,that they may decidebetweenus two.
"The LORDhas rewardedme according to my righteousness;According to the cleannessof my handsHe has recompensedme.
He will bringforthyour righteousnessas the lightAnd your judgmentas the noonday.
"And it shall be whenyour sonasksyou in timeto come,saying,'Whatis this?'then you shall sayto him, 'With a powerfulhandthe LORDbroughtus out of Egypt,from the houseof slavery.
For our transgressionsare multipliedbeforeYou, And our sinstestifyagainst us; For our transgressionsare with us, And we knowour iniquities:
"The LORDwill repayeachman[for] his righteousnessand his faithfulness;for the LORDdeliveredyou into [my] handtoday,but I refusedto stretchout my handagainst the LORD'Sanointed.
