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And when he changed his mind and said, ‘The striped animals will be your wages,’ then the whole flock produced striped young. <a href="/esv/genesis/31.htm">English Standard Version</a> If he said, ‘The spotted shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore spotted; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped. <a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. <a href="/kjv/genesis/31.htm">King James Bible</a> If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. <a href="/nkjv/genesis/31.htm">New King James Version</a> If he said thus: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore speckled. And if he said thus: ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then all the flocks bore streaked. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> If he said this: ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered speckled; and if he said this: ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock delivered striped. <a href="/nasb/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220If he spoke thus, &#8216The speckled shall be your wages,&#8217 then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, &#8216The striped shall be your wages,&#8217 then all the flock brought forth striped. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “If he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth striped. <a href="/lsb/genesis/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> If he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped. <a href="/amp/genesis/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a> If he said, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled [young]; and if he said, ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked [young]. <a href="/csb/genesis/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If he said, &#8216The spotted sheep will be your wages,&#8217 then all the sheep were born spotted. If he said, &#8216The streaked sheep will be your wages,&#8217 then all the sheep were born streaked. <a href="/asv/genesis/31.htm">American Standard Version</a> If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. <a href="/cev/genesis/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When your father said the speckled sheep would be my wages, all of them were speckled. And when he said the spotted ones would be mine, all of them were spotted. <a href="/erv/genesis/31.htm">English Revised Version</a> If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstraked. <a href="/gwt/genesis/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Whenever he said, 'The speckled ones will be your wages,' all the flocks gave birth to speckled young. And whenever he said, 'The striped ones will be your wages,' all the flocks gave birth to striped young. <a href="/gnt/genesis/31.htm">Good News Translation</a> Whenever Laban said, 'The speckled goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced speckled young. When he said, 'The striped goats shall be your wages,' all the flocks produced striped young. <a href="/isv/genesis/31.htm">International Standard Version</a> "When Laban said, 'The speckled ones will be your wages,' then all the flock gave birth to speckled ones. Then when he said, 'The streaked ones will be your wages,' all the flock gave birth to streaked offspring. <a href="/msb/genesis/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If he said, ?The speckled will be your wages,? then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ?The streaked will be your wages,? then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. <a href="/net/genesis/31.htm">NET Bible</a> If he said, 'The speckled animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, 'The streaked animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring. <a href="/nheb/genesis/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked. <a href="/wbt/genesis/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore ring-streaked. <a href="/web/genesis/31.htm">World English Bible</a> If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If he says thus: The speckled are your hire, then all the flock bore speckled ones; and if he says thus: The striped are your hire, then all the flock bore striped; <a href="/ylt/genesis/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked; <a href="/slt/genesis/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If thus he will say, The speckled shall be thy hire; and all the sheep shall bring forth speckled: and if thus he will say, The banded shall be thy hire, and all the sheep will bring forth white-footed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If at any time he said: The speckled shall be thy wages: all the sheep brought forth speckled: but when he said on the contrary: Thou shalt take all the white ones for thy wages: all the flocks brought forth white ones. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Whenever he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ all the sheep gave birth to speckled newborns. Yet truly, when he said the contrary, ‘You will take whatever is white for your wages,’ all the flocks gave birth to white ones. <a href="/nabre/genesis/31.htm">New American Bible</a> Whenever your father said, ‘The speckled animals will be your wages,’ the entire flock would bear speckled young; whenever he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wages,’ the entire flock would bear streaked young. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If he said, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock bore striped.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages, then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus, The spotted shall be your wages; then all the flock bore spotted. <a href="/hpbt/genesis/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> If in this way he would say, ‘the white spotted shall be your reward’, all the flocks would bear young white spotted, and if he would say ‘the spotted shall be your reward’, all the flocks would bear young spotted.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked. <a href="/sep/genesis/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white. <a href="/parallel/genesis/31-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7603" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Jacob Flees from Laban</a> …7And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me. 8<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5348.htm" title="5348: nə·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Speckled. From an unused root meaning to mark; spotted.">‘The speckled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/7939.htm" title="7939: śə·ḵā·re·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Hire, wages. From sakar; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit.">your wages,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">then the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: haṣ·ṣōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">flock</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wə·yā·lə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">bore</a> <a href="/hebrew/5348.htm" title="5348: nə·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Speckled. From an unused root meaning to mark; spotted.">speckled offspring.</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now."></a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yō·mar (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6124.htm" title="6124: ‘ă·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Striped, streaked. From aqad; striped.">‘The streaked</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/7939.htm" title="7939: śə·ḵā·re·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Hire, wages. From sakar; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit.">your wages,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">then the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: haṣ·ṣōn (Art:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">flock</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wə·yā·lə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">bore</a> <a href="/hebrew/6124.htm" title="6124: ‘ă·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Striped, streaked. From aqad; striped.">streaked offspring.</a> 9Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Genesis 30:32-43</a> Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages. / So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.” / “Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.” ... <a href="/exodus/3-21.htm">Exodus 3:21-22</a> And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed. / Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.” <a href="/exodus/12-35.htm">Exodus 12:35-36</a> Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. / And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians. <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Leviticus 26:9</a> I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a> The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-11.htm">Deuteronomy 28:11</a> The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Deuteronomy 28:51</a> They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. <a href="/1_samuel/2-7.htm">1 Samuel 2:7-8</a> The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts. / He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world. <a href="/1_samuel/25-2.htm">1 Samuel 25:2</a> Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Job 42:12</a> So the LORD blessed Job’s latter days more than his first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. <a href="/psalms/37-25.htm">Psalm 37:25-26</a> I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread. / They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing. <a href="/psalms/128-1.htm">Psalm 128:1-2</a> A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways! / For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours. <a href="/proverbs/10-22.htm">Proverbs 10:22</a> The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it. <a href="/proverbs/13-22.htm">Proverbs 13:22</a> A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">Isaiah 61:7</a> Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Banded</a> <a href="/genesis/30-23.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/30-43.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/31-4.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-4.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/revelation/13-16.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/genesis/30-42.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Ringstraked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Ring-Straked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Ringstreaked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Ring-Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Speckled</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Spotted</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Striped</a> <a href="/genesis/31-7.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Banded</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/genesis/31-9.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Hire</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/genesis/35-20.htm">Marks</a> <a href="/genesis/32-15.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Ringstraked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Ring-Straked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Ringstreaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Ring-Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Speckled</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Spotted</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Striped</a> <a href="/genesis/31-41.htm">Wages</a> <a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 31</div>1. <a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.</a> 19. <a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Rachel steals her father's household gods.</a> 22. <a href="/genesis/31-22.htm">Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.</a> 34. <a href="/genesis/31-34.htm">Rachel's plan to hide the images.</a> 36. <a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Jacob's complaint of Laban.</a> 43. <a href="/genesis/31-43.htm">The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/31.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/31.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ This phrase refers to the agreement between Jacob and Laban regarding the division of livestock. In the ancient Near Eastern context, livestock was a primary measure of wealth, and agreements like this were common. Jacob's reliance on God's providence is evident here, as he trusted that God would ensure the outcome in his favor. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty and provision, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/proverbs/16-9.htm">Proverbs 16:9</a>, which speaks of the Lord directing one's steps.then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. The miraculous nature of this outcome underscores God's intervention on behalf of Jacob. In a natural setting, the likelihood of all offspring being speckled would be low, suggesting divine influence. This event can be seen as a fulfillment of God's promise to bless Jacob, as stated in <a href="/genesis/28-15.htm">Genesis 28:15</a>. It also prefigures the New Testament principle found in <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28</a>, where God works all things for the good of those who love Him.If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ This part of the agreement shows the changing terms set by Laban, who attempted to manipulate the situation to his advantage. Laban's actions reflect the deceitful nature of humanity, a recurring theme in Genesis, beginning with the fall in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. Jacob's experience with Laban can be paralleled with the trials faced by the Israelites in Egypt, where they were oppressed yet ultimately delivered by God's hand.then the whole flock bore streaked offspring. Again, the outcome defies natural expectations, highlighting God's direct involvement. This miraculous provision is reminiscent of other biblical instances where God provides against the odds, such as the feeding of the 5,000 in the Gospels. It also serves as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate provision for humanity's needs, as seen in <a href="/philippians/4-19.htm">Philippians 4:19</a>, where God supplies all needs according to His riches in glory.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a> The grandson of Abraham, Jacob is the central figure in this passage. He is working for his uncle Laban and is negotiating his wages. 2. <a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a> Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, Laban is a shrewd and often deceitful man who changes Jacob's wages multiple times. 3. <a href="/topical/f/flocks.htm">Flocks</a> The sheep and goats that Jacob tends for Laban. The color and pattern of the animals become a point of contention and divine intervention. 4. <a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a> The region where Laban lives and where Jacob has been residing and working for many years. 5. <a href="/topical/d/divine_intervention.htm">Divine Intervention</a> The miraculous way in which God ensures that Jacob's wages are multiplied, regardless of Laban's attempts to cheat him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_provision.htm">God's Sovereignty in Provision</a> Despite human manipulation and deceit, God's plans and provision for His people prevail. Trust in God's sovereignty over circumstances. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_adversity.htm">Integrity in Adversity</a> Jacob's experience teaches us to maintain integrity and faithfulness even when others act deceitfully. God honors those who act righteously. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_promises.htm">Faith in God's Promises</a> Jacob's account is a reminder to hold onto God's promises, even when the situation seems unfavorable. God's word is trustworthy. <a href="/topical/d/divine_justice.htm">Divine Justice</a> God sees and rectifies injustices done to His people. We can rest in the assurance that God is a just judge. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_work.htm">The Role of Faith in Work</a> Jacob's diligence and faith in God's provision serve as a model for how we should approach our work, trusting God to bless our efforts.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 31</a> <a href="/q/can_jacob's_plan_yield_spotted_livestock.htm">In Genesis 30:32-36, how plausible is it for Jacob's selective breeding plan to produce spotted or speckled livestock solely through visual stimuli?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_jacob's_dream_affect_flock_genetics.htm">In Genesis 31:10-12, how could Jacob's dream and the striped rods realistically influence the genetics of the flocks?</a> <a href="/q/do_peeled_branches_affect_offspring.htm">In Genesis 30:37-39, does the idea that peeled branches can influence an animal's offspring have any support in modern biology?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_joel's_army.htm">Did Jacob agree to keep only speckled and spotted sheep?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - If he (i.e. Laban) said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; - by the original contract Jacob had been promised all the parti-colored animals (<a href="/genesis/30-32.htm">Genesis 30:32</a>);" here it seems as if Laban, struck with the remarkable increase of these, took the earliest opportunity of so modifying the original stipulation as to limit Jacob's portion to one sort only, viz. the speckled. Yet this dishonorable breach of faith on the part of Laban was of no avail; for, when the next lambing season came - then (it was discovered that) all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus (changing the sort of animals assigned to his son-in-law), The ringstraked shall be thy hire (the result was as before); then bare all the cattle ringstraked. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/31-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he said, יֹאמַ֗ר (yō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘The speckled נְקֻדִּים֙ (nə·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5348.htm">Strong's 5348: </a> Speckled will be יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be your wages,’ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ (śə·ḵā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7939.htm">Strong's 7939: </a> Payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit then the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every flock הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock bore וְיָלְד֥וּ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage speckled offspring. נְקֻדִּ֑ים (nə·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5348.htm">Strong's 5348: </a> Speckled If וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he said, יֹאמַ֗ר (yō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘The streaked עֲקֻדִּים֙ (‘ă·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6124.htm">Strong's 6124: </a> Striped, streaked will be יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be your wages,’ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ (śə·ḵā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7939.htm">Strong's 7939: </a> Payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit then the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every flock הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock bore וְיָלְד֥וּ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage streaked offspring. עֲקֻדִּֽים׃ (‘ă·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6124.htm">Strong's 6124: </a> Striped, streaked <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/31-8.htm">Genesis 31:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 31:8 If he said this 'The speckled will (Gen. 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