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Genesis 30:38

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38 And he put the banded sticks in the drinking-places where the flock came to get water; and they became with young when they came to the water.

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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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