Superstition # 1 - Reuben (the first born of Jacob's 12 sons) finds some mandrakes in the field and brings them home to his mom. Now the mandrake has gone through many superstitious legends, one of which it helps make women fertile. Reuben's mother Leah and her nemesis Rachel believed that it would make them fertile, so they make deals with each other so that both of them can use the mandrakes. Lo and behold, the mandrakes work for both women - they both have children.
Was it the mandrakes? No. The women believe it was the luck of finding mandrakes that made them pregnant when in fact, it was God - and a night out with their husband.
Superstition #2 - In order to get certain stripes and spots in the color of his flocks Jacob peeled stripes in certain branches and then put them in front of them while they mated. Despite the fact that this would have no real influence on the outcome, Jacob believed they did, and even more interesting - it worked. Well, even though he thought it was his great strategy, unless Jacob was doing something else he didn't know, it was really God who was blessing his flocks with the kinds he needed.
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