Genesis 30:31-33

Good News Translation

³¹ “What shall I pay you?” Laban asked.

Jacob answered, “I don't want any wages. I will continue to take care of your flocks if you agree to this suggestion: ³² Let me go through all your flocks today and take every black lamb^[a] and every spotted or speckled young goat. That is all the wages I want. ³³ In the future you can easily find out if I have been honest. When you come to check up on my wages, if I have any goat that isn't speckled or spotted or any sheep that isn't black, you will know that it has been stolen.”