Genesis 30: 28-34: “And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock: I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.”
Jacob had promised God that he would trust God and that God would be his God if God brought him back to his own land. However, he still wanted to be in control of the situation so he traded with Laban over his wages. Laban judged Jacob by his own standards and expected him to take everything and leave Laban with nothing. Jacob came up with a brilliant solution to this problem. He suggested that he get all the brown sheep and the spotted and speckled goats. In that way Laban would be free to check everything that he took and make sure that he wasn’t stealing anything. They both agreed to this and everything looked good, at first. Jacob would have been better to trust the Lord as Abraham did because the Lord blessed Abraham richly.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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