Study it in the app“In the days of the wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to Leah his mother. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of the mandrakes of your son.””
In the daysבִּימֵיof the wheatחִטִּיםharvestקְצִירReubenרְאוּבֵןwentוַיֵּלֶךְand foundוַיִּמְצָאmandrakesדוּדָאִיםin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהand broughtוַיָּבֵאthemאֹתָםto Leahאֶל לֵאָהhis mother.אִמּוֹRachelרָחֵלsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto Leah,אֶל לֵאָה“Pleaseנָאgiveתְּנִיmeלִיsome of the mandrakesמִדּוּדָאֵיof your son.”בְּנֵךְ
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearswheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appearsharvest
To cut and gather ripe grain and fruit; the season for it and what is gathered.
Where else “ketsir” appearsReuben
Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "look, a son!".
Where else “reuven” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsa” appearsmandrakes
Mandrakes: a plant with yellow, fragrant fruit that in ancient times was believed to help women have children.
Where else “dudaim” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsLeah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appearsRachel
Rachel, younger daughter of Laban, Jacob's beloved wife; mother of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name means "ewe".
Where else “rachel” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “teni” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsThe mandrake was considered a plant that favored love and fertility (compare Song of Songs 7:13).
13Leah said, “Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.
14 · This verse (above)
15She said to her, “Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband? Would you take my son’s mandrakes too?” Rachel said, “Then he will lie with you tonight in exchange for the mandrakes of your son.”
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?
