Genesis 30:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said,“You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.

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    14At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah,“Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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    21Finally Jacob said to Laban,“Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. And I want to sleep with her.”

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    23In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.

    24(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)

    25In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban,“What in the world have you done to me! Didn’t I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?”

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    17God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time.

    18Then Leah said,“God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.” So she named him Issachar.

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    2Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed,“Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?”

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    33So Laban entered Jacob’s tent, and Leah’s tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s.

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    16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

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    4So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were.

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    25Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too.

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    12Then Leah’s servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son.

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    28He added,“Just name your wages– I’ll pay whatever you want.”