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33 In the future, you’ll be able to verify my honesty because, when you come to check[a] what I’ve earned, if you find a goat that’s not speckled or spotted or a sheep that’s not black, then it will have been stolen by me.”

34 “Very well,” Laban replied. “We’ll do it the way you’ve asked.” 35 That very day, Laban[b] removed the male goats that were striped or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted—that is, every one that had white on them—and all the black lambs and placed them into the care[c] of his sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:33 The Heb. lacks check
  2. Genesis 30:35 The Heb. lacks Laban
  3. Genesis 30:35 Lit. hand