Quotes about Genesis
they mated in front of the branches. And they bore young that were streaked or speckled or spotted.
— Genesis 30:39
But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
— Genesis 30:42
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
— Genesis 31:7
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.
— Genesis 31:8
When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
— Genesis 31:10
‘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
Then Jacob got up and put his children and his wives on camels,
— Genesis 31:17
and he drove all his livestock before him, along with all the possessions he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land in Canaan.
— Genesis 31:18
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
— Genesis 31:21
“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
— Genesis 31:31
Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
— Genesis 31:41
So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,
— Genesis 31:45