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Genesis 30:40

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40 And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstreaked and all the black in the flock of Laban: and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock.

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Arcana Coelestia #3948

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3948. 'And Rachel said, Therefore he will lie with you this night [in return] for your son's dudaim' means consent that external truth should be joined to natural good. This becomes clear without explanation.

  
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