Aliya Summary: "Specify your wages," Lavan told Jacob. "And I will
give it!" Jacob proposed that all the streaked and spotted sheep that
would be born to Lavan's sheep would constitute his payment. In return,
Jacob would continue caring for Lavan's flocks. Lavan immediately
removed all the existing spotted and streaked sheep from the herd and
put them under his sons' charge—thus differentiating between the current
ones, which belonged to Lavan, and the to-be-born ones, that would
belong to Jacob. Jacob made striped poles for the strong and robust
sheep to view while they were mating. As a result, the sheep gave birth
to striped offspring, and Jacob became fabulously wealthy—despite
Lavan's deceptive practices, and his continual changing of the terms of
Jacob's pay. After an additional six years of service, G‑d commanded
Jacob to return to Canaan. Jacob summoned his wives, who agreed that the
time has arrived to leave.
So Lavan tries to take all
of Yakov's possessions by renegotiating their agreement, Yakov ends up
with a massive flock despite Lavan's best efforts, Yakov sees in Lavan's
face that something has changed and his welcome has officially worn
out, G-d tells him to leave, and he still finds it necessary to call
Rachel and Leah for a private conference in the field, explains his
reasons for wanting to leave, and doesn't decide until they both give
him permission to do as G-d says. If ever there's a model for treating a
spouse with respect, Yakov would be it!
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