So the flocksmatedby the rods,and the flocksbroughtforthstriped,speckled,and spotted.
He setthe rodswhichhe had peeledin frontof the flocksin the gutters,[even] in the wateringtroughs,wherethe flockscameto drink;and they matedwhen they cameto drink.
Jacobseparatedthe lambs,and madethe flocksfacetowardthe stripedand allthe blackin the flockof Laban;and he puthis own herdsapart,and did not putthem with Laban'sflock.
"ThesetwentyyearsI [have been] with you; your ewesand your femalegoatshave not miscarried,norhave I eatenthe ramsof your flocks.
"[Thus] I was: by daythe heatconsumedme and the frostby night,and my sleepfledfrom my eyes.
"Ifthe Godof my father,the Godof Abraham,and the fearof Isaac,hadnot beenfor me, surelynowyou would have sentme awayempty-handed.Godhas seenmy afflictionand the toilof my hands,so He renderedjudgmentlastnight."
"Ifhe spokethus,'The speckledshall be your wages,'then allthe flockbroughtforthspeckled;and ifhe spokethus,'The stripedshall be your wages,'then allthe flockbroughtforthstriped.
