Genesis 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Cross-references
Genesis 31:24 is God's dream-warn to Laban. Both passages show God actively guiding events through dreams to protect Jacob's interests.
In Genesis 28:12, Jacob received another divine dream at Bethel with the ladder — establishing God's pattern of speaking to Jacob through dreams.
In Genesis 30:39, the streaked and speckled goats actually mate and bear young — the real-world fulfillment of what this dream revealed.
In Genesis 30:32, Jacob's wage agreement with Laban specified speckled and spotted animals — the very outcome this dream now confirms.
In Genesis 20:6, God similarly speaks through a dream to warn Abimelech — showing dreams as a standard mode of divine guidance in Genesis.
In Numbers 12:6, God explains He speaks to prophets through dreams — providing the theological framework for this kind of revelation to Jacob.
In 1 Kings 3:5, God appears to Solomon in a dream — continuing the pattern of God speaking to key figures through dreams.