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AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE TIME THAT THE FLOCK CONCEIVED. This was after Laban changed his wages, and therefore the angel said to Jacob, For I have seen all that Laban does unto thee.¹⁸⁰Verse 12 here.

I AM THE G-D OF BETH-EL. Jacob related to his wives all that G-d’s angel had told him in the dream, all this serving to persuade them to go with him. However, what he told did not consist of one dream. The statement, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats¹⁸⁰Verse 12 here. was made to him when he served Laban for his flock, at the time the flock conceived¹⁸⁴Verse 10 here. in one of the first years.¹⁸⁵One of the first of the six years he served for the sheep. See further, 31:41. The statement, I am the G-d of Beth-el was made to him after that, at the time of the journey, for after He said to him, Now arise, get thee out from this land,¹⁸⁶In Verse 13 here. he no longer remained in Haran to further tend Laban’s flocks so that the he-goats would mount the flocks and the flocks would give birth to speckled and spotted. But on the morrow of the dream, he sent for Rachel and Leah and told them his dream, and they left Haran.
I am ‘ha’e-il’ (the G-d) of Beth-el. The meaning thereof is, as Rashi explained it, that the letter hei in ha’e-il is redundant and is the same as if it were written: “I am e-il Beth-el (the G-d of Beth-el).” Similarly, To ‘ha’aretz’ (the land) of Canaan;¹⁸⁷Numbers 34:2. [the hei is redundant and is the same as if it were written: “to eretz Canaan (the land of Canaan).”] Grammarians¹⁸⁸Ibn Ezra and R’dak. adjusted it by saying that it is as if it were written, “I am the G-d, who is the G-d of Beth-el.” Similarly, And the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,¹⁸⁹Above, 2:9. [which is as if it said: “and the tree of the knowledge, namely the knowledge of good and evil”]; the cords of gold,¹⁹⁰Numbers 39:17. [which is as if it said, “the cords, which are cords of gold]. And the angel here speaks in the name of He Who sent him, [therefore, he speaks in the first person and says, “I am, etc.”] ….

AND JACOB TOOK HIM STICKS OF POPLAR. As soon as they agreed that his hire would be these colors it was permissible for Jacob to do whatever he could to cause them to give birth in this manner. Perhaps Jacob had made a condition that he may do with them whatever he wants since Laban did not know of the ramifications of this measure, nor did Laban’s shepherds sense anything when they saw the sticks in the gutters once a year during the days of Nisan. For When the flocks were feeble¹⁶⁵Verse 42 here. in the days of Tishri, he did not put them in, otherwise not a hoof would have remained for Laban.
Now some commentators¹⁶⁶R’dak. say that the first year [Jacob did not make use of these sticks, but] there were born to him many speckled and spotted ones by virtue of G-d’s blessing which the angel showed him.¹⁶⁷Further, 31:12. And then he put the sticks in front of those which were his so that they should give birth in their form. This would prevent Laban from saying that their offspring was stolen by Jacob, [as he would have claimed had they given birth to other colored offspring].
This is the meaning of whensoever the stronger flocks became heated,¹⁶⁸Verse 41 here. referring to those that had been born to Jacob by way of G-d’s blessing; but when the flocks of Laban were feeble, he put them not in; so that the feebler were Laban’s, for they did not give birth to speckled ones, and the stronger were all Jacob’s,¹⁶⁵Verse 42 here. including their offspring, for they gave birth to speckled ones.