Genesis 31:12 meaning and explanation

‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.

Genesis 31:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob is speaking to Rachel and Leah in the field, recounting a dream in which the angel of God answered his long struggle with Laban. Laban had repeatedly changed Jacob's wages, yet the flocks kept producing the streaked, spotted and speckled animals that had been set as Jacob's pay.

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