Genesis 30:16

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son`s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Genesis 30:16 — American Standard Version

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13And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

14And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son`s mandrakes.

15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son`s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son`s mandrakes.

16And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son`s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.

18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.

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