Noegel, Scott B. (1997-01-01). "Sex, Sticks, and the Trickster in Gen. 30:31-43". Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society. 25 (1): 15. Retrieved 2023-11-03. however, note that references to bovines and their fertility would not have been an unkind association in the ancient near East, where the cultural attitude toward cattle is reflected by the ubiquity of boviform gods.