Laban asked, ‘What should I give you? ’ And Jacob said, ‘You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.
Genesis 30:32 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Let me go through all your sheep today and remove every sheep that is speckled or spotted, every dark-coloured sheep among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the female goats. Such will be my wages. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted animal and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages. American Standard Version (1901) I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. Common English Bible I will go through the entire flock today, taking out all of the speckled and spotted sheep, all of the black male lambs, and all of the spotted and speckled female goats. That will be my price. Catholic Public Domain Version Go around through all your flocks and separate all the sheep of variegated or spotted fleece; and whatever will be darkened or blemished or variegated, as much among the sheep as among the goats, will be my wages. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled: and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep, as among the goats, shall be my wages. |
Laban asked, ‘What should I give you? ’ And Jacob said, ‘You don’t need to give me anything. If you do this one thing for me, I will continue to shepherd and keep your flock.
In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.’
That day Laban removed the streaked and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats #– #every one that had any white on it #– #and every dark-coloured one among the lambs, and he placed his sons in charge of them.
‘When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
If he said, “The spotted sheep will be your wages,” then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, “The streaked sheep will be your wages,” then all the sheep were born streaked.