As he has done in the past (see, e.g., Gen. 27), in Gen. 30:37ff Jacob is trying to achieve success by using questionable methods. The process he attempts to use to make the sheep give birth to lambs that will enlarge his flock has no scientific basis1, was, at best, a folk belief2 or, at […]
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