# General Information:

The angel of the Lord continues to talk to Jacob. (See: [Genesis 31:10](./10.md))

# Lift up your eyes

This is a way of saying "Look up." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# that are breeding with the flock

Here "flock" stands for only the female goats. AT: "that are breeding with the female goats of the flock" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# are striped, speckled, and spotted

"have stripes and spots"

# where you anointed a pillar

Jacob poured oil on the pillar to dedicate it to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# the land of your birth

"the land where you were born"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/goat]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/laban]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/bethel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/pillar]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/vow]]