KJV King James Version
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.
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Genesis 31:8
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘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;
Surrounding context — Genesis 31
5 And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it [is] not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
6 And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 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.
9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given [them] to me.
10 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 [were] ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, [saying], Jacob: And I said, Here [am] I.
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אִם־H518 · imifכֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusיֹאמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayנְקֻדִּים֙H5348 · na.qodspeckledיִהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beשְׂכָרֶ֔ךָH7939 · sa.kharwagesוְיָלְד֥וּH3205 · ya.ladto begetכָל־H3605 · kolallהַצֹּ֖אןH6629 · tsonflockנְקֻדִּ֑יםH5348 · na.qodspeckledוְאִם־H518 · imifכֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusיֹאמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayעֲקֻדִּים֙H6124 · a.qodstripedיִהְיֶ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beשְׂכָרֶ֔ךָH7939 · sa.kharwagesוְיָלְד֥וּH3205 · ya.ladto begetכָל־H3605 · kolallהַצֹּ֖אןH6629 · tsonflockעֲקֻדִּֽים׃H6124 · a.qodstriped
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