KJV King James Version
And 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.
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Genesis 30:14
And 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
WEB World English Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, ‘Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
11 And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
12 And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.
14 And 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.
15 And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken 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.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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וַיֵּ֨לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentרְאוּבֵ֜ןH7205 · re.u.venReubenבִּימֵ֣יH3117 · yomdayקְצִיר־H7105 · qa.tsirharvestחִטִּ֗יםH2406 · chit.tahwheatוַיִּמְצָ֤אH4672 · ma.tsato findדֽוּדָאִים֙H1736 · du.daymandrakeבַּשָּׂדֶ֔הH7704 · sa.daySirionוַיָּבֵ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeאֹתָ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)לֵאָ֖הH3812 · le.ahLeahאִמּ֑וֹH517 · emmotherוַתֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayרָחֵל֙H7354 · ra.chelRachelאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)לֵאָ֔הH3812 · le.ahLeahתְּנִי־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveנָ֣אH4994 · napleaseלִ֔יH9030 · nimeמִדּוּדָאֵ֖יH1736 · du.daymandrakeבְּנֵֽךְ׃H1121 · benson: child
Cross-references
Song of Solomon 7:13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.Genesis 25:30And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
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