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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/genesis/31.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220In breeding season I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled or spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/genesis/31.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“One time during the mating season, I had a dream and saw that the male goats mating with the females were streaked, speckled, and spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/genesis/31.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/genesis/31.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle <i>were</i> ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/31.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And it happened, at the time when the flocks conceived, that I lifted my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the flocks <i>were</i> streaked, speckled, and gray-spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And it came about at the time when the flock was breeding that I raised my eyes and saw in a dream—and behold—the male goats that were mating <i>were</i> striped, speckled, or mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating <i>were</i> striped, speckled, and mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now it happened at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating <i>were</i> striped, speckled, and mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And it happened at the time when the flock conceived that I looked up and saw in a dream that the rams which mated [with the female goats] were streaked, speckled, and spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/31.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceive, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstreaked, speckled, and grizzled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Once, when the flocks were mating, I dreamed that all the rams were either spotted or speckled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/31.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"During the mating season I had a dream: I looked up and saw that the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, or spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/31.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"During the breeding season I had a dream, and I saw that the male goats that were mating were striped, spotted, and speckled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/31.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As it was, when it was time for the livestock to breed, I once looked up in a dream, and the male goats that were mating with the flock were producing streaked, speckled, and spotted offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/31.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />And it came about at the time when the flocks were breeding I looked up and saw in a dream, and look, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/31.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />During mating season, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which leaped on the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And it comes to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up my eyes and see in a dream, and behold, the male goats, which are going up on the flock, [are] striped, speckled, and spotted;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And it cometh to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up mine eyes and see in a dream, and lo, the he-goats, which are going up on the flock, are ring-streaked, speckled, and grisled;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And it shall be in the time the sheep shall conceive, and I shall lift up mine eyes, and I shall see in a dream, and behold, the he-goats ascending upon the sheep, banded, speckled and sprinkled with spots.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For after that time came of the ewes conceiving, I lifted up my eyes, and saw in my sleep that the males which leaped upon the females were of diverse colors, and spotted, and speckled. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For after the time had arrived for the ewes to conceive, I lifted up my eyes, and I saw in my sleep that the males climbing on the females were of variegated, and spotted, and diverse colors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/31.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Once, during the flock’s mating season, I had a dream in which I saw he-goats mating that were streaked, speckled and mottled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“During the mating of the flock I once had a dream in which I looked up and saw that the male goats that leaped upon the flock were striped, speckled, and mottled.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time when the sheep conceive, I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams that leaped upon the sheep were speckled, spotted, and striped.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And at the season of breeding flocks I lifted my eyes and I saw in a dream, and behold, goats mounting upon the flock, white spotted and spotted and speckled.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And it came to pass at the time that the flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were streaked, speckled, and grizzled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And it came to pass when the cattle conceived and were with young, that I beheld with mine eyes in sleep, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/31-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=7620" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/31.htm">Jacob Flees from Laban</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock and given them to me. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bə·‘êṯ (Prep-b:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">When</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.">the flocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/3179.htm" title="3179: ya·ḥêm (V-Piel-Inf) -- To be hot, to conceive. A primitive root; probably to be hot; figuratively, to conceive.">were breeding,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wā·’eś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">I saw</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wā·’ê·re (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2472.htm" title="2472: ba·ḥă·lō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A dream. Or chalom; from chalam; a dream.">in a dream</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/6124.htm" title="6124: ‘ă·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Striped, streaked. From aqad; striped.">that the streaked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1261.htm" title="1261: ū·ḇə·rud·dîm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Spotted, marked. From barad; spotted.">spotted,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5348.htm" title="5348: nə·qud·dîm (Adj-mp) -- Speckled. From an unused root meaning to mark; spotted.">and speckled</a> <a href="/hebrew/6260.htm" title="6260: hā·‘at·tu·ḏîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Male goat. Or sattud; from athad; prepared, i.e. Full grown; spoken only of he-goats, or leaders of the people.">males</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: hā·‘ō·lîm (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">were mating</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">with</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.">the females.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>In that dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ And I replied, ‘Here I am.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Genesis 30:37-43</a></span><br />Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches. / Then he set the peeled branches in the watering troughs in front of the flocks coming in to drink. So when the flocks were in heat and came to drink, / they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Genesis 28:12-15</a></span><br />And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder. / And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/37-5.htm">Genesis 37:5-10</a></span><br />Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. / He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: / We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/46-2.htm">Genesis 46:2</a></span><br />And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Numbers 12:6</a></span><br />He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-14.htm">Job 33:14-16</a></span><br />For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices. / In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds, / He opens their ears and terrifies them with warnings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">Daniel 2:19</a></span><br />During the night, the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Daniel 7:1</a></span><br />In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/1-20.htm">Matthew 1:20</a></span><br />But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-12.htm">Matthew 2:12-13</a></span><br />And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route. / When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-19.htm">Matthew 2:19-22</a></span><br />After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. / “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.” / So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a></span><br />While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-10.htm">Acts 10:10-16</a></span><br />He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. / He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. / It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-9.htm">Acts 16:9-10</a></span><br />During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” / As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/18-9.htm">Acts 18:9-10</a></span><br />One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent. / For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.</p><p class="hdg">a dream.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/31-24.htm">Genesis 31:24</a></b></br> And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/20-6.htm">Genesis 20:6</a></b></br> And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Genesis 28:12</a></b></br> And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.</p><p class="hdg">rams.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/30-39.htm">Genesis 30:39</a></b></br> And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.</p><p class="hdg">grisled.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Breeding</a> <a href="/genesis/31-9.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/revelation/17-3.htm">Coloured</a> <a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/genesis/28-12.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/30-35.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/zechariah/6-6.htm">Grizzled</a> <a href="/genesis/30-35.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/29-34.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/genesis/29-11.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/30-43.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/genesis/30-41.htm">Mating</a> <a href="/genesis/28-2.htm">Once</a> <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Ringstreaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Ring-Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/18-14.htm">Season</a> <a href="/genesis/32-14.htm">She-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Speckled</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Spotted</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Striped</a> <a href="/genesis/30-33.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm">Breeding</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Coloured</a> <a href="/genesis/38-3.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/genesis/31-11.htm">Dream</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Flock</a> <a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">Flocks</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Grizzled</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">He-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Joined</a> <a href="/genesis/33-1.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Male</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Marked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Mating</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Once</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Rams</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Ringstreaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Ring-Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Season</a> <a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">She-Goats</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Speckled</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Spotted</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Streaked</a> <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm">Striped</a> <a href="/genesis/34-19.htm">Time</a> <a href="/genesis/31-38.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 31</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-1.htm">Jacob, displeased with the envy of Laban and his sons, departs secretly.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-19.htm">Rachel steals her father's household gods.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-22.htm">Laban pursues after him, and complains of the wrong.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-34.htm">Rachel's plan to hide the images.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-36.htm">Jacob's complaint of Laban.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/31-43.htm">The covenant of Laban and Jacob at Galeed.</a></span><br></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 = 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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><b>When the flocks were breeding</b><br>This phrase refers to the time of year when animals mate, which is crucial for shepherds and livestock owners. In the ancient Near East, breeding seasons were significant for economic stability. Jacob, having worked for Laban, was familiar with these cycles. This context highlights Jacob's dependence on God's guidance for his prosperity, as breeding outcomes were vital for his wealth.<p><b>I saw in a dream</b><br>Dreams in the Bible often serve as a means of divine communication. Jacob's dream is reminiscent of other biblical figures who received guidance through dreams, such as Joseph and Daniel. This dream signifies God's intervention and assurance to Jacob, reinforcing the idea that God is actively involved in the lives of His chosen people.<p><b>that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males</b><br>These specific markings on the animals are significant because they were less common and considered less desirable. Jacob's agreement with Laban was that he would take the less desirable animals as his wages. The dream indicates God's provision and blessing, ensuring that Jacob's flocks would increase despite the odds.<p><b>were mating with the females</b><br>This detail underscores the miraculous nature of the dream. The mating of these specific males with the females suggests a divine orchestration of events to fulfill God's promise to Jacob. It reflects the theme of God's sovereignty and faithfulness in ensuring the prosperity of His people, despite human manipulation or deceit, as seen in Laban's previous actions.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jacob.htm">Jacob</a></b><br>The central figure in this passage, Jacob is the grandson of Abraham and the son of Isaac. He is living in Paddan-aram, working for his uncle Laban, and is in the process of building his own wealth and family.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/laban.htm">Laban</a></b><br>Jacob's uncle and father-in-law, Laban is a shrewd and often deceitful man who has taken advantage of Jacob's labor for many years.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/paddan-aram.htm">Paddan-aram</a></b><br>The region where Jacob is living and working for Laban. It is located in Mesopotamia, a significant area in the biblical account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flocks.htm">The Flocks</a></b><br>The animals that Jacob is tending. The breeding of these flocks is central to Jacob's strategy for increasing his wealth.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dream.htm">The Dream</a></b><br>A divine revelation given to Jacob, guiding him in how to increase his flocks despite Laban's attempts to cheat him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_guidance.htm">Divine Guidance</a></b><br>God often guides His people through unexpected means, such as dreams. We should remain open to His leading in our lives, even when it comes in unconventional ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_and_obedience.htm">Faith and Obedience</a></b><br>Jacob's response to the dream demonstrates faith and obedience. We are called to trust God's guidance and act upon it, even when the path is not clear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>Despite human deceit and manipulation, God's faithfulness to His promises remains steadfast. We can trust that God will fulfill His promises to us, regardless of the circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_adversity.htm">Integrity in Adversity</a></b><br>Jacob's situation with Laban teaches us the importance of maintaining integrity and relying on God's justice, rather than resorting to deceit or manipulation ourselves.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>The increase of Jacob's flocks is a testament to God's provision. We should recognize and give thanks for God's provision in our own lives, trusting Him to meet our needs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_genesis_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Genesis 31</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/life's_purpose_and_human_goals.htm">What is the meaning of life and human endeavors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_life's_purpose_in_christianity.htm">What is the purpose of life according to Christianity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Rams.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">he-goats. </span>The Authorised Version has made the alteration, because the word rendered "cattle" is really <span class= "ital">sheep </span>(and so in <a href="/genesis/31-8.htm" title="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.">Genesis 31:8</a>; <a href="/genesis/31-12.htm" title="And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you.">Genesis 31:12</a>, &c.); but, like our word <span class= "ital">flock, </span>it also included goats.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And it came to pus at the time that the cattle conceived</span> (this obviously goes back to the commencement of the six years' service), <span class="cmt_word">that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams</span> - <span class="hebrew">עַתֻּדים</span>, he-goats, from an unused root, to be ready, perhaps because ready and prompt for fighting (Gesenius, <span class="accented">sub voce</span>) <span class="accented">- <span class="cmt_word"></span>which leaped</span> (literally, <span class="accented">Heir up</span>) <span class="cmt_word">upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled</span>. The grisled (<span class="accented">beruddim</span>, from <span class="accented">barad</span>, to scatter hail) were spotted animals, as if they had been sprinkled with hail, not a fifth sort in addition to the four already mentioned (Rosenmüller), but the same as the <span class="accented">teluim</span> of <a href="/genesis/30-35.htm">Genesis 30:35</a> (Kalisch). Wordsworth observes that the English term grisled, from the French word <span class="accented">grele</span>, hail, is a literal translation of the Hebrew. Gesenius connects with the Hebrew root the words <span class="greek">πάρδος</span>, <span class="accented">pardus</span>, leopard (so called from its spots), and the French <span class="accented">broder</span>, to embroider. The LXX. understand the <span class="hebrew">עַתֻּדים</span> to include both sheep and goats, and translate <span class="greek">οἱ τράγοι καὶ οἱ κριοὶ ἀναβαίντες</span> <span class="greek">ἐπὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τὰς αἰγας</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/31-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵת֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the flocks</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּ֔אן</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were breeding,</span><br /><span class="heb">יַחֵ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(ya·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3179.htm">Strong's 3179: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be hot, to conceive</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I saw</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֶשָּׂ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’eś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a dream</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲל֑וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·lō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2472.htm">Strong's 2472: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dream</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that the streaked,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲקֻדִּ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·qud·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6124.htm">Strong's 6124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Striped, streaked</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spotted,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְרֻדִּֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·rud·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1261.htm">Strong's 1261: </a> </span><span class="str2">Spotted, marked</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and speckled</span><br /><span class="heb">נְקֻדִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(nə·qud·dîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5348.htm">Strong's 5348: </a> </span><span class="str2">Speckled</span><br /><br /><span class="word">males</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעַתֻּדִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘at·tu·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6260.htm">Strong's 6260: </a> </span><span class="str2">Prepared, full grown, of he-goats, leaders of the people</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were mating</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֹלִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the females.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֹּ֔אן</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/31-10.htm">Genesis 31:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/31-10.htm">OT Law: Genesis 31:10 It happened during mating season that (Gen. 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