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And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks towards the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban: and he put his ownflocks by themselves, and put them not with Laban's cattle.
3989. 'He said, What shall I give you?' means knowledge. This becomes clear from its being an anxious desire and a request to know what he wanted for wages and how much.
'And Jacob said' means a reply. This is clear without explanation.
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.