Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If at any time, he said: The speckled shall be thy wages: all the sheep brought forth speckled: but when he said on the contrary: Thou shalt take all the white one for thy wages: all the flocks brought forth white ones. Context Jacob Flees from Laban…7Yea your father hath also overreached me, and hath changed my wages ten times: and yet God hath not suffered him to hurt me. 8If at any time, he said: The speckled shall be thy wages: all the sheep brought forth speckled: but when he said on the contrary: Thou shalt take all the white one for thy wages: all the flocks brought forth white ones.9And God hath taken your father's substance, and given it to me.… Cross References Genesis 30:32 Go round through all thy flocks, and separate all the sheep of divers colours, and speckled; and all that is brown and spotted, and of divers colours, as well among the sheep as among the goats, shall be my wages. Genesis 30:39 And it came to pass, that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled. Lexicon Ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he said, יֹאמַ֗ר (yō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say ‘The speckled נְקֻדִּים֙ (nə·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5348: Speckled will be יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your wages,’ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ (śə·ḵā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7939: Payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit then the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every flock הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock bore וְיָלְד֥וּ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage speckled offspring. נְקֻדִּ֑ים (nə·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5348: Speckled If וְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not he said, יֹאמַ֗ר (yō·mar) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say ‘The streaked עֲקֻדִּים֙ (‘ă·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6124: Striped, streaked will be יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be your wages,’ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ (śə·ḵā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7939: Payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit then the whole כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every flock הַצֹּ֖אן (haṣ·ṣōn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock bore וְיָלְד֥וּ (wə·yā·lə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage streaked offspring. עֲקֻדִּֽים׃ (‘ă·qud·dîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6124: Striped, streaked Additional Translations If he said, ‘The speckled will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If he said, ‘The streaked will be your wages,’ then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked. If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white. If he said thus; The speckled shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore speckled; and if he said thus: The ringstraked shall be thy hire, then all the flocks bore ringstraked. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstraked. If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then all the cattle bore ring-streaked. If he said this, 'The speckled will be your wages,' then all the flock bore speckled. If he said this, 'The streaked will be your wages,' then all the flock bore streaked. 'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-streaked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-streaked; Jump to Previous Banded Bare Birth Bore Cattle Flock Flocks Forth Hire Marked Marks Ones Ringstraked Ring-Straked Ringstreaked Ring-Streaked Speckled Spotted Streaked Striped Wages YoungJump to Next Banded Bare Birth Bore Cattle Flock Flocks Forth Hire Marked Marks Ones Ringstraked Ring-Straked Ringstreaked Ring-Streaked Speckled Spotted Streaked Striped Wages YoungExternal Links Genesis 31:8 NIVGenesis 31:8 NLT Genesis 31:8 ESV Genesis 31:8 NASB Genesis 31:8 ASV Genesis 31:8 Bible Apps Genesis 31:8 Biblia Paralela Genesis 31:8 Chinese Bible Genesis 31:8 French Bible Genesis 31:8 German Bible Alphabetical: all and be birth bore brought flock flocks forth gave he If ones said shall speckled spoke streaked striped The then thus to wages will young your OT Law: Genesis 31:8 If he said this 'The speckled will (Gen. 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