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He went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him seven more years.
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Verse 30. Latter. Jacob is the figure of Jesus Christ; who rejected the synagogue, and treated his Church, gathered from all nations, with the utmost affection. Calmet.—Lia means “painful or labourious;” and Rachel a sheep; denoting, that a quiet contemplative life must be united with an active one; and that the Church must suffer here, and be crowned in heaven. Bible. Saint Gregory Mor. vi. 28.
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