³⁷ Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands.

⁹ So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

¹⁰ And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.

¹¹ And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

¹² And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

¹³ I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.

⁸ No cedars were equal to it in the garden of God; the fir-trees were not like its branches, and plane-trees were as nothing in comparison with its arms; no tree in the garden of God was so beautiful.