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Genesis 30:17

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17 And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son.

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Arcana Coelestia #4019

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4019. And the flocks grew warm at the rods. That this signifies the effect from His own power, is evident from the signification of “growing warm” as being the effect, that is, of the affection (n. 4018); and from the signification of the “rods,” as being His own power (see above, n. 4013, 4015).

  
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