the generation of Moses. The Tosefta deduced from that before Jacob arrived, Laban's house had not received a blessing, and deduced from that it was because of Jacob's arrival that Laban was blessed thereafter. Rabbi Judah the son of Rabbi Simon in the name of Hezekiah employed the meaning of the pilgrim's recitation in to help interpret Jacob's statement to Laban in . Rabbi Judah the son of Rabbi Simon noted that the word little or few (, ) appears both in Jacob's statement to Laban in , "For it was little (, ) that you had before I came, and it has increased abundantly," and also in the pilgrim's recitation in , "few (, ) in number" (went down to Egypt). Rabbi Judah the son of Rabbi Simon said in the name of Hezekiah that just as in , few (, ) means 70 (people), so in , little (, ) must also mean 70 (head of cattle and sheep). Genesis chapter 31 It was taught in a Baraita that Rabbi Akiva said that one of three things that he liked about the Medes was that when they held counsel, they did so only in the field. Rav Adda bar Ahabah said that , where Jacob called Rachel and Leah to the field, could be cited in support of the practice. In , the heart can be stolen. A Midrash catalogued the wide range of additional capabilities of the heart reported in the Hebrew Bible. The heart speaks, sees, hears, walks, falls, stands, rejoices, cries, is comforted, is troubled, becomes hardened, grows faint, grieves, fears, can be broken, becomes proud, rebels, invents, cavils, overflows, devises, desires, goes astray, lusts, is refreshed, is humbled, is enticed, errs, trembles, is awakened, loves, hates, envies, is searched, is rent, meditates, is like a fire, is like a stone, turns in repentance, becomes hot, dies, melts, takes in words, is susceptible to fear, gives thanks, covets, becomes hard, makes merry, acts deceitfully, speaks from out of itself, loves bribes, writes words, plans, receives commandments, acts with pride, makes arrangements, and aggrandizes itself. The Rabbis taught that God appears to non-Jews only in dreams, as God appeared to Laban the "in a dream of the night" in , God appeared to Abimelech "in a dream of the night" in , and God appeared to Balaam "at night" in . The Rabbis taught that God