Genesis 31:6 You know that with all my power I have served your father. 7 And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
Genesis 31:8 If he said thus, the speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, the ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. 10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Again, the seeker for truth should not quibble about the ways and means adopted even if they may seem to be out of line with Scriptural principles. The fact is that God was involved with the issue, and as such, the valid questions some might have should find the answers in God’s Sovereignty.
Instead of going back and forth about the legality of Jacob’s actions, we should try not to miss the bigger picture, of years of injustice done to Jacob by Laban. And now, at God’s discretion, it is time for the tables to be turned, and in the process, God will use the oppressed to mete out justice to the oppressor.
Genesis 31:11 And the angel of God spoke unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, here am I. 12 And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!