31:10 “Once 1 during breeding season I saw 2 in a dream that the male goats mating with 3 the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted. 31:11 In the dream the angel of God said to me, ‘Jacob!’ ‘Here I am!’ I replied. 31:12 Then he said, ‘Observe 4 that all the male goats mating with 5 the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you.
1 tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator, “and it happened at the time of.”
2 tn Heb “in the time of the breeding of the flock I lifted up my eyes and I saw.”
3 tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.
4 tn Heb “lift up (now) your eyes and see.”
5 tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.