Study it in the app“If he said this, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said this, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then all the flock bore streaked.”
Ifאִםhe saidיֹאמַרthis,כֹּה‘The speckledנְקֻדִּיםwill beיִהְיֶהyour wages,’שְׂכָרֶךָthenוְallכָלthe flockהַצֹּאןboreיָלְדוּspeckled;נְקֻדִּיםand ifוְאִםhe saidיֹאמַרthis,כֹּה‘The streakedעֲקֻדִּיםwill beיִהְיֶהyour wages,’שְׂכָרֶךָthenוְallכָלthe flockהַצֹּאןboreיָלְדוּstreaked.עֲקֻדִּים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appearsspeckled
Speckled, with small spots.
Where else “nekudim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearswages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechare” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaldu” appearsstriped
Striped, with bands.
Where else “akudim” appears7Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but Elohim did not allow him to do harm to me.
8 · This verse (above)
9So Elohim has taken away the livestock of your father and given it to me.
1. What it says
Why did Jacob leave Laban’s house, and what did Elohim say to Laban in a dream (vv. 3, 24)?
2. What it means
What does the heap of stones mean as a witness between Jacob and Laban (vv. 44-50)?
3. How I live it
How can you close a conflict with someone in a clear and peaceful way?
