Genesis 31:9-12

31:9 In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

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.

[31:10]  ¹ tn The sentence begins with the temporal indicator, “and it happened at the time of.”

[31:10]  ² tn Heb “in the time of the breeding of the flock I lifted up my eyes and I saw.”

[31:10]  ³ tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.

[31:12]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up (now) your eyes and see.”

[31:12]  ² tn Heb “going up on,” that is, mounting for intercourse.