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Genesis 31:32

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32 With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee: for Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.

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Arcana Coelestia #4082

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4082. 'And it happened, when the flock came on heat' means an intense desire to be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming on heat' as an intense desire and the effect produced from this, dealt with in 4018, 4019, and so that those goods and truths should be joined together.

  
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