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11 Then in my dream, the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Yes, here I am.’

12 “The angel said, ‘Look up, and you will see that only the streaked, speckled, and spotted males are mating with the females of your flock. For I have seen how Laban has treated you. 13 I am the God who appeared to you at Bethel,[a] the place where you anointed the pillar of stone and made your vow to me. Now get ready and leave this country and return to the land of your birth.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 31:13 As in Greek version and an Aramaic Targum; Hebrew reads the God of Bethel.

11 The angel of God(A) said to me in the dream,(B) ‘Jacob.’ I answered, ‘Here I am.’(C) 12 And he said, ‘Look up and see that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled or spotted,(D) for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you.(E) 13 I am the God of Bethel,(F) where you anointed a pillar(G) and where you made a vow(H) to me. Now leave this land at once and go back to your native land.(I)’”

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