Study it in the app“Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, “To me you must come, for I have surely hired you with the mandrakes of my son.” So he lay with her that night.”
Jacobיַעֲקֹבcameוַיָּבֹאfromמִןthe fieldהַשָּׂדֶהin the evening,בָּעֶרֶבand Leahוַ לֵאָהwent outתֵּצֵאto meet himלִקְרָאתוֹand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“To meאֵלַיyou must come,תָּבוֹאforכִּיI have surely hired youשָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָwith the mandrakesבְּדוּדָאֵיof my son.”בְּנִיSo he layוַיִּשְׁכַּבwith herעִמָּהּthat night.בַּלַּיְלָה הוּא
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appearsLeah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearshire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “sachor” appearsmandrakes
Mandrakes: a plant with yellow, fragrant fruit that in ancient times was believed to help women have children.
Where else “dudae” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appearslie with
To lie with someone, have relations.
Where else “yishkav” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appears15She 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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17Elohim heard Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth 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?
