Ok, let me break it down, according to how I understood this story in Genesis....
Jacob lived with Laban and married Laban's two daughters, Leah and Rachel. But Jacob (as any real man should) decided that he needed to build up his own household and wealth. But because Laban knew that Jacob brought blessing to HIS household, he encouraged him to stay on, even offering him whatever wages he chose.
So Jacob chooses to receive the "abnormally coloured" (speckled, spotted, striped) animals as payment. Laban agrees with that because he knows that that would mean Jacob stood the chance of earning much less than if he had asked for the usual 20% shepherds got in those days.
2007-12-21
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