Genesis 30:15 meaning and explanation
But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Genesis 30:15, Berean Standard Bible
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Leah speaks these words to Rachel during the wheat harvest, when Reuben has brought mandrakes, plants thought to aid fertility. Leah's sharp reply exposes years of pain: Rachel has Jacob's love, while Leah has only a share of a husband who favored her sister.
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