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Genesis 30:39

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39 And it came to pass that in the very heat of coition, the sheep beheld the rods, and brought forth spotted, and of divers colours, and speckled.

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Arcana Coelestia #4022

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4022. And set the faces of the flock toward the party-colored. That this signifies to truths that are scattered over with evils and falsities, is evident from the signification of “party-colored,” as being truth that is scattered over and mingled with evils (see n. 4005, 4020).

  
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