Jacob's Explanation

Apostle John who was with Christ until his last moment of the crucifixion, has revealed that Jesus Christ is not the image of Word alone, but the Image of Father, Word and the Holy Spirit, and we must believe in him to overcome this world - 5.Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. 6.This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth - 1 John 5:5-6

To understand this in a better way, apostle John first explaining the Trinity of our Heavenly Father as Father, Word and Holy Spirit - because there are three who are testifying in Heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are one -  1 John 5:7

And then he explained about the Son Jesus Christ, that Jesus had all three of them(Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit) in him - and there are three who are testifying in the earth: the Spirit(Holy Spirit), and the water(Word), and the blood(Father) and the three are into the one(Jesus Christ) - 1 John 5:8

That was the reason Apostle Paul is saying that Jesus Christ is the Image of the invisible God - The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation - Colossians 1:15 that means in Jesus Christ we can see the Son (The Word became flesh - John 1:14), and our Heavenly Father (Whoever has seen me has seen the Father - John 14:9), and the Holy Spirit (The Spirit of the Lord is upon me - Luke 4:18).


Jacob's Explanation

When Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-aram, he blessed and then sent him to Laban the brother of Rebekah - 1.Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women. 2.Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. 3.God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. 4.May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!” 5.Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother - Genesis 28:1-5

And on the way to Paddan-aram, at Bethel, Jacob made a vow to God that he will give tithe of all the blessing the he receives, and this was first vow ever recorded in the Bible - 20.Then Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, 21.so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, 22.and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you - Genesis 28:20-22

At Paddan-Aram, Jacob worked 14 years to marry Laban's daughter Leah and Rachel, but during this time Lord really blessed Laban, that's when Laban asked Jacob to continue manage his flocks - 27.And Laban said to him, Please stay, if I have found favor in your eyes, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake. Then he said, 28.Name me your wages, and I will give it. 29.So Jacob said to him, You know how I have served you and how your livestock has been with me. 30.For what you had before I came was little, and it has increased to a great amount; the Lord has blessed you since my coming. And now, when shall I also provide for my own house? - Gens 30:27-30

so for Salary, instead of money, Jacob asked a share from Laban's flocks(sheep, lambs, and goats), and he specifically asked if any sheep born in speckled and spotted color, or if any lamb born in brown color, or if any goat born in spotted and speckled color that will be Jacob's salary, and rest all will go to Laban. 

And Laban agreed for that, because Laban's flocks had regular colored and unique colored(speckled and spotted) sheep, regular colored and unique colored(Brown) lambs, and regular colored and unique colored(spotted and speckled)goats, and the agreement is that Laban will take all the unique colored sheep, lambs and goats with him, and rest will be given to Jacob, and if these regular colored sheep, lambs, and goats given birth to the unique color kids, that will be Jacob's salary, and its impossible for the regular color sheep, lambs, and goats to give birth to colored kids, that was the reason Laban immediately agreed for Jacob's ask - 31.So he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything. If you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flocks: 32.Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from there all the speckled and spotted sheep, and all the brown ones among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and these shall be my wages. 33.So my righteousness will answer for me in time to come, when the subject of my wages comes before you: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the lambs, will be considered stolen, if it is with me - Gen 30:31-33

And as agreed, Laban removed all the unique colored ones from his flocks, and left only the regular color ones in his farm, and also Laban kept the unique colored ones in three days distance so that they do not get any chance to mate with regular color ones, that's how Laban did everything to prevent Jacob gaining anything from his farm - 34.And Laban said, Well, let it be according to thy word. 35.And he removed that day the he-goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the brown among the lambs, and gave them into the hand of his sons. 36.And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock And Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock - Genesis 30:34-36

Now what Laban had left in his farm is all regular colored ones, only if miracle happened these regular colored flocks can give birth to the colored kids, that's when Jacob placed three type of woods before Laban's flocks that he was herding, And the Miracle happened, the regular colored flocks gave birth to unique colored ones - 37.And Jacob takes to himself a rod of fresh poplar and almond and plane-tree, and peels in them white peelings, making bare the white that [is] on the rods, 38.and sets up the rods which he has peeled in the gutters in the watering troughs (where the flock comes to drink), in front of the flock, that they may conceive in their coming to drink. 39.and the flocks conceive at the rods, and the flock bears striped, speckled, and spotted ones - Genesis 30:37-39

When Laban saw the colored Kids in his farm, he couldn't believe it because its impossible for plain colored flocks to give birth to colored kids, and Laban had no other choice but to give all the colored ones to Jacob - 40.And Jacob has parted the lambs, and he puts the face of the flock toward the striped, also all the brown in the flock of Laban, and he sets his own droves by themselves, and has not set them near Laban’s flock. 41.And it has come to pass, whenever the strong ones of the flock conceive, that Jacob sets the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, to cause them to conceive by the rods, 42.and when the flock is feeble, he does not set [them]; and the feeble ones have been Laban’s, and the strong ones Jacob’s. And the man increases very exceedingly, and has many flocks, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and donkeys - Genesis 30:40-43

The Bible says that Laban attempted multiple times to prevent Jacob from becoming rich, but God helped Jacob to overcome all of Laban's plan - 7.yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. 8.If he said, The spotted shall be your wages, then all the flock bore spotted, and if he said, The striped shall be your wages, then all the flock bore striped. 9.Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me - Genesis 31:7-9

When Laban and his sons started envying Jacob, Lord asked Jacob to return to his father's land - 1.Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth. 2.And Jacob saw that Laban did not regard him with favor as before. 3.Then the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you - Genesis 31:1-3

Prophecy about Jesus Christ

How Jacob became so rich? Jacob remembered the promise of Trinity God, so he asked three types of Kids as his Salary, and also he placed three types of tree branches before the eyes of the flocks, then the miracle happened, the regular colored flocks gave birth to unique colored ones, so what Jacob earned from Laban's farm is representing the Trinity of Jesus Christ.

But now Jacob is leaving the Paddan-aram, and again God gave the promise that the male goats that would ascend on the flocks will be three unique colored one - 10.And it comes to pass at the time of the flock conceiving, that I lift up my eyes and see in a dream, and behold, the male goats, which are going up on the flock, are striped, speckled, and spotted; 11.and the Messenger of God says to me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here I [am]. 12.And He says, Now lift up your eyes and see that all the male goats which are going up (awlaw(עָלָה)means ascending) on the flock are striped, speckled, and spotted, for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. 13.I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar and made a vow to me. Now arise, go out from this land and return to the land of your kindred  - Gen 31:10-13

Why God gave that promise to Jacob while leaving the Paddan-aram? because Jesus Christ the one will born to the Virgin Mary, will be the Son of the Trinity God(Father, Word, and the Holy Spirit)