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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, buying I have bought.
Hebrew, buying I have bought.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field…
Gen 30:16 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.
Ver. 16. Thou must come in unto me.] These contentions, saith an interpreter, {a} were not merely carnal, but partly also for desire of God’s ordinary blessing in propagation; and chiefly, for the increase of the Church, and obtaining the promised Seed for salvation.
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{a} Ainsw.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He ratified their agreement, that he might preserve peace…
He ratified their agreement, that he might preserve peace and love amongst them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Leah conceived again,.... For bearing children Jacob took…
And Leah conceived again,.... For bearing children Jacob took more to her, and more frequently attended her apartment and bed:
and bare Jacob a sixth son; the sixth by her, but the tenth by her and his two maids.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. I have hired thee] We may remark…
Verse 16. I have hired thee] We may remark among the Jewish women an intense desire of having children; and it seems to have been produced, not from any peculiar affection for children, but through the hope of having a share in the blessing of Abraham, by bringing forth Him in whom all the nations of the earth were to be blessed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And Jacob came out of the field in the…
And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, i.e. the harvest-field (ver. 14)and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me (the Samaritan codex adds "this night," and the LXX "today"); for surely I have hired thee (literally, hiring; I have hired thee) with my son"s mandrakes. And (assenting to the arrangement of his wives) he lay with her that night.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 with my son's mandrakes
with my son's mandrakes
"for the price of my son's mandrakes." See how you translated "mandrake" in Genesis 30:14.
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she conceived
"She became pregnant"
bore Jacob a fifth son
"gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob"
God has given me my wages
God rewarding Leah is spoken of as if he were a boss paying wages to someone who works for him. AT: "God has given my due" or "God has rewarded me" (See: Metaphor)
She called his name Issachar
Translators may also add a footnote that says: "The name Issachar means 'there is a reward.'"
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Jacob
Leah
had relations with
conceive
servant
Issachar
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