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Genesis 30:39

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39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted.

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Arcana Coelestia #3930

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3930. 'Leah saw that she had stopped bearing' means that no other external truths had been acknowledged. This is clear from the representation of 'Leah' as external truth, dealt with in 3793, 3819; and from the meaning of 'bearing' as acknowledging in faith and in action, dealt with in 3905, 3915, 3919. Consequently 'Leah had stopped bearing' in the internal sense means that no other external truths had been acknowledged.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3919

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3919. 'And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as reception, and from the meaning of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911. For in the spiritual sense conceptions and births are receptions of truth from good, and consequent acknowledgements.

  
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