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Genesis 30:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night. "
Genesis 30:16
Verse in Context
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14 Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15 Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”
16 Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.
17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
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Genesis 30:1
"When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”"
Genesis 30:2
"Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”"
Genesis 30:3
"She said, “Behold, my maid Bilhah. Go in to her, that she may bear on my knees, and I also may obtain children by her.”"
Genesis 30:4
"She gave him Bilhah her servant as wife, and Jacob went in to her."
Genesis 30:5
"Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son."
Genesis 30:6
"Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan."
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