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Genesis 30:2

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2 And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

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Arcana Coelestia #4141

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4141. 'Let my hand be for God to do you evil!' means a state of anger if it did possess the power. This is clear from the meaning of 'hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3387. The fact that it is a state of anger in which these words were spoken and which is meant by them is self-evident.

  
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