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Genesis 30:41

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41 And it came to pass whensoever the strong cattle were ardent, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might become ardent among the rods;

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Arcana Coelestia #3946

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3946. And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my man? That this signifies that there is a conjugial longing, is evident from the signification of “taking a man” who is also another’s (as here Jacob, who was also Leah’s), as involving mutual love between them. Hence it is that by these words, “Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my man?” there is signified conjugial longing.

  
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