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Genesis 30:16

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16 In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

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Arcana Coelestia #3948

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3948. And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy son’s dudaim. That this signifies consent that it should be conjoined is evident without explication.

  
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