Genesis 30:14
New International Version
During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

New Living Translation
One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

English Standard Version
In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Berean Standard Bible
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Reuben went in the days of the harvest of wheat, and he found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give to me some of the mandrakes of your son.”

King James Bible
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

New King James Version
Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

New American Standard Bible
Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrake fruits in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

NASB 1995
Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

NASB 1977
Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Amplified Bible
Now at the time of wheat harvest Reuben [the eldest child] went and found some mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Berean Annotated Bible
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben (behold a son) went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel (little lamb) begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.

Christian Standard Bible
Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

American Standard Version
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

Contemporary English Version
During the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some love flowers and took them to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for some of them,

English Revised Version
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
During the wheat harvest Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes. He brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

Good News Translation
During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

International Standard Version
Some time later, during the wheat harvest season, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field and brought them back for his mother Leah. Then Rachel told Leah, "Please give me your son's mandrakes."

NET Bible
At 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."

New Heart English Bible
Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."

Webster's Bible Translation
And Reuben went, in the days of wheat-harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard Bible
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

World English Bible
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Reuben goes in the days of wheat-harvest, and finds love-apples in the field, and brings them to his mother Leah, and Rachel says to Leah, “Please give to me of the love-apples of your son.”

Berean Literal Bible
And Reuben went in the days of the harvest of wheat, and he found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give to me some of the mandrakes of your son.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Reuben goeth in the days of wheat-harvest, and findeth love-apples in the field, and bringeth them in unto Leah, his mother, and Rachel saith unto Leah, 'Give to me, I pray thee, of the love-apples of thy son.'

Smith's Literal Translation
And Reuben will go in the day of the harvest of wheat, and will find apples of mandrakes in the field, and he will bring them to Leah his mother: and Rachel will say to Leah, Give now to me of thy son's apples of mandrakes.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Ruben, going out in the time of the wheat harvest into the field, found mandrakes: which he brought to his mother Lia. And Rachel said: Give me part of thy son's mandrakes.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then Reuben, going out into the field at the time of the wheat harvest, found mandrakes. These he brought to his mother Leah. And Rachel said, “Give me a portion of your son’s mandrakes.”

New American Bible
One day, during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and came upon some mandrakes in the field which he brought home to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

New Revised Standard Version
In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And Reuben went at the time of the wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field and brought them; to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me some of your son's mandrakes.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Rubyl went on in the days of the harvest of wheat and he found mandrakes in a field and he brought them to Leah his mother, and Rakhyl said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah: 'Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Gad and Asher
13Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher. 14Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.” 15But 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.”…

Cross References
Now during the wheat harvest,

Judges 15:1
Later on, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat and went to visit his wife. “I want to go to my wife in her room,” he said. But her father would not let him enter.

1 Samuel 6:13
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.

Ruth 2:23
So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean grain until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.
Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field.

Songs 7:13
The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

Ruth 2:2-3
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied. / So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

1 Chronicles 5:1-2
These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright. / And though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
When he brought them to his mother,

1 Kings 17:23
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

2 Kings 4:36
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”

Genesis 37:32-33
They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.” / His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
Rachel begged Leah,

Genesis 29:31-35
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren. / And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.” / Again she conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son as well.” So she named him Simeon. …

Genesis 16:1-2
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. / So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

1 Samuel 1:6-7
Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival would provoke her viciously to taunt her. / And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 25:30-31
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.) / “First sell me your birthright,” Jacob replied.

1 Samuel 1:10-11
In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears. / And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”

Matthew 7:7-11
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. / Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? …
Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.


Treasury of Scripture

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son's mandrakes.

A.

Song of Solomon 7:13
The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Give me.

Genesis 25:30
And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

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Genesis 30
1. Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, gives Bilhah her maid unto Jacob.
5. Bilhah bears Dan and Naphtali.
9. Leah gives Zilpah her maid, who bears Gad and Asher.
14. Reuben finds mandrakes,
15. with which Leah buys her husband's company of Rachel.
17. Leah bears Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah.
22. Rachel bears Joseph.
25. Jacob desires to depart.
27. Laban detains him on a new agreement.
37. Jacob's policy, whereby he becomes rich.












Now during the wheat harvest
The timing of the wheat harvest places this event in the late spring or early summer, a period of agricultural significance in ancient Canaan. The wheat harvest was a time of gathering and celebration, often associated with the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot), which later became Pentecost in the Christian tradition. This context highlights the agrarian lifestyle of the patriarchs and sets the stage for the events that follow.

Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field
Reuben, the firstborn son of Leah and Jacob, plays a pivotal role in this narrative. The mandrake plant, known for its human-like root shape, was believed in ancient cultures to possess fertility-enhancing properties. This belief is reflected in the Hebrew term "dudaim," which is associated with love and fertility. The finding of mandrakes by Reuben introduces a theme of desire and competition between Leah and Rachel, Jacob's wives.

When he brought them to his mother
Reuben's action of bringing the mandrakes to Leah indicates his loyalty and affection towards his mother. This gesture also underscores the family dynamics and the ongoing rivalry between Leah and Rachel for Jacob's affection and the blessing of children. The mandrakes become a symbol of hope for Leah, who desires to gain favor and bear more children.

Rachel begged Leah
Rachel's plea to Leah reveals her desperation and longing for children, as she had not yet borne any sons for Jacob at this point. This moment of vulnerability highlights the intense personal and familial struggles within Jacob's household. Rachel's request also reflects the cultural importance placed on childbearing and the status it conferred upon women in ancient times.

“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Rachel's request for the mandrakes signifies her belief in their supposed fertility benefits. This interaction between Rachel and Leah is a microcosm of their ongoing rivalry and the complex relationships within the family. The mandrakes serve as a bargaining tool, leading to further negotiations between the sisters. This narrative foreshadows the eventual birth of more children to both Leah and Rachel, continuing the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding his descendants.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Reuben
The firstborn son of Jacob and Leah. In this verse, he finds mandrakes during the wheat harvest.

2. Leah
The first wife of Jacob and mother of Reuben. She receives the mandrakes from her son.

3. Rachel
The second wife of Jacob and sister of Leah. She desires the mandrakes found by Reuben.

4. Mandrakes
A plant believed in ancient times to have fertility-enhancing properties. It plays a central role in the interaction between Leah and Rachel.

5. Wheat Harvest
The time of year when this event occurs, indicating a season of gathering and abundance.
Teaching Points
Desire and Rivalry
The account highlights the intense rivalry between Leah and Rachel, driven by their desires for love and children. This can lead to unhealthy competition and strife within families.

Cultural Beliefs and Faith
The belief in mandrakes as a fertility aid reflects how cultural practices can influence personal faith. Believers should discern between cultural beliefs and reliance on God's provision.

God's Sovereignty in Family Dynamics
Despite human schemes and desires, God's plan unfolds in the lives of Jacob's family. Trusting in God's timing and sovereignty is crucial.

The Role of Children in Biblical Narratives
Children are often seen as blessings and fulfillments of God's promises. This account invites reflection on the value and purpose of children in God's plan.
Bible Study Questions and Answers
1. What is the meaning of Genesis 30:14?

2. What significance does the mandrake have in Genesis 30:14 and biblical culture?

3. How does Leah's action in Genesis 30:14 reflect her relationship with Rachel?

4. What does Genesis 30:14 teach about reliance on God versus human solutions?

5. How can Genesis 30:14 guide us in handling family conflicts today?

6. Compare Genesis 30:14 with other biblical instances of sibling rivalry and resolution.

7. What significance do mandrakes hold in Genesis 30:14 and biblical culture?

8. How does Genesis 30:14 reflect the family dynamics of Jacob's household?

9. Why are mandrakes associated with fertility in Genesis 30:14?

10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Genesis 30?

11. In Genesis 30:14–16, how credible is the account of mandrakes supposedly improving fertility from a scientific standpoint?

12. How do these events in Genesis 30 align or conflict with other biblical texts that describe God’s involvement in fertility and inheritance?

13. In Genesis 30:22–24, why does Rachel’s miraculous conception coincide with this specific moment, and is there any historical evidence for such events?

14. What are the mandrakes mentioned in Genesis 30:14?
What Does Genesis 30:14 Mean
Now during the wheat harvest

“Now during the wheat harvest…”

• The scene opens in late spring, a season of plenty. God’s calendar of sowing and reaping (Exodus 34:22; Ruth 1:22; 2:23) quietly frames the story, reminding us that He provides for His people in tangible cycles of harvest.

• Harvest time also hints at abundance in the midst of ongoing family barrenness. In this household, food is plentiful, but Rachel’s womb is still empty (Genesis 30:1). The contrast heightens the emotional tension.

• The setting underscores God’s overarching sovereignty: just as wheat ripens on schedule, so His purposes for each family member will reach maturity at the appointed time (Galatians 6:9).


Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field

“Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field…”

• Reuben, Leah’s firstborn (Genesis 29:32), is likely a young boy eager to help. His simple errand becomes a turning point in the mothers’ rivalry.

• Mandrakes—fragrant plants linked to love and fertility in the ancient Near East (Song of Songs 7:13)—symbolize the hope of conception. Scripture records the fact of this belief without endorsing superstition, reminding us that God alone opens the womb (Psalm 127:3).

• Reuben’s discovery shows God weaving everyday moments into His redemptive plan, just as He would later use simple barley loaves and fish (John 6:9).


When he brought them to his mother

“When he brought them to his mother…”

• The tenderness of a son presenting a gift to Leah spotlights their bond. Leah, often feeling unloved (Genesis 29:33), receives a token of affection that affirms her value.

• Reuben’s gesture parallels how children are themselves gifts—“Let Reuben live and not die” (Deuteronomy 33:6)—foreshadowing the way God continually affirms life and legacy through offspring.

• Even in a divided household, acts of kindness surface, hinting that God’s grace is at work beneath relational fractures (Ephesians 4:32).


Rachel begged Leah

“Rachel begged Leah…”

• Rachel, once envied for her beauty (Genesis 29:17), now envies Leah’s fertility (Genesis 30:1). Her pleading posture reveals deep longing and vulnerability.

• The ongoing rivalry fulfills the earlier prophecy that their marriage situation would bring trouble (Genesis 29:30). The flesh sows discord, yet God will bring forth the twelve tribes through this very tension (Romans 8:28).

• Rachel’s approach to Leah—rather than directly to God—highlights humanity’s tendency to seek solutions horizontally before looking upward (James 4:2).


“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

“Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

• Rachel’s request shows she shares the cultural belief that mandrakes might induce fertility, yearning for a remedy that seems within reach.

• Her words echo earlier cries of barren women—Sarah (Genesis 16:2) and Hannah (1 Samuel 1:10–11)—each demonstrating that heartache over childlessness is no less real in a prosperous home.

• God will later answer Rachel, not through mandrakes but by direct intervention: “Then God remembered Rachel, and He listened to her and opened her womb” (Genesis 30:22). The contrast underscores that blessing flows from divine grace, not folk remedies (Psalm 113:9).


summary

Genesis 30:14 captures a snapshot of everyday life—wheat fields, a child’s find, sisterly rivalry—yet every detail is loaded with theological weight. The verse highlights:

• God’s faithful provision in harvest.

• The intertwining of natural desires with cultural practices.

• Human longing for what only God can ultimately give.

Even as Rachel seeks mandrakes, God is already orchestrating the arrival of Joseph and, later, Benjamin. The scene reminds us to trust His timing, turn to Him first, and recognize that His sovereign hand guides both the ordinary and the extraordinary moments of our lives.

(14) Reuben went . . . --When Leah ceased from bearing, there would be a considerable interval before she and Jacob gave up all expectation of further seed by her. Slowly and unwillingly she would substitute Zilpah for herself, and there would then be a further period of three or four years, to give time for the birth of Gad and Asher: and as Jacob at this time utterly neglected Leah, we do not know but that even a longer space intervened. Moreover, Jacob had other daughters besides Dinah (Genesis 37:35), and probably by these handmaids. We may well believe, therefore, that Reuben at this timewas from fifteen to twenty years of age, and might be trusted to wander at his will over the wild uncultivated waste.

In the days of wheat harvest.--This is mentioned to fix the time, namely, early in May. As Laban led a settled life, he may have grown wheat, as Jacob did in Canaan (Genesis 37:7), but mandrakes would most assuredly not be found on tilled land.

Mandrakes.--Heb., love-apples. It is generally agreed that the fruit meant is that of the Atropa mandragora, which ripens in May, and is of the size of a small plum, round, yellow, and full of soft pulp. The plant belongs to the same family (the Solanace?) as the potato, and the egg plant, the fruit of which is largely used as a vegetable in North America.

The mandragora has a long carrot-shaped root, from which grows a mass of leaves of a greyish colour, not unlike those of the primrose, but larger, and which lie flat upon the ground, and from among them rise blossoms, singly, of a rich purple colour. Canon Tristram (Nat. Hist. of Bible, p. 467) says that the fruit is not unpleasant, and that he has often eaten of it without experiencing any soporific or other bad effect. But in the East it has been, and is, the subject of many superstitions, and its Hebrew name arose from the popular belief that it was a specific against barrenness. Rachel, therefore, who still hankered after children of her own, was anxious to obtain some of the fruit, and Leah consents only upon the proffered condition that Jacob shall spend the night in her tent.

Verse 14. - And Reuben (at this time four or five years old) went (probably accompanying the reapers) in the days of wheat harvest (in the beginning of May), and found mandrakes - דּוּדָאים, μῆλα μαδραγορῶν, (LXX., Josephus), apples of the mandragora, an herb resembling belladonna, with a root like a carrot, having white and reddish blossoms of a sweet smell, and with yellow odoriferous apples, ripening in May and June, and supposed, according to Oriental superstition, to possess the virtue of conciliating love and promoting fruitfulness (vide Gesenius, p. 191, and cf. Rosenmüller's 'Seholia,' and Kalisch in loco) - in the field (when at his childish play), and brought them unto his mother Leah (which a son of more mature years would not have done). Then Rachel (not exempt from the prevailing superstition) said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes (in the hopes that they would remove her sterility).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now during the wheat
חִטִּ֗ים (ḥiṭ·ṭîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2406: Wheat

harvest,
קְצִיר־ (qə·ṣîr-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

Reuben
רְאוּבֵ֜ן (rə·’ū·ḇên)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7205: Reuben -- 'behold a son!' oldest son of Jacob, also his desc

went out
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and found
וַיִּמְצָ֤א (way·yim·ṣā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

some mandrakes
דֽוּדָאִים֙ (ḏū·ḏā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1736: A boiler, basket, the mandrake

in the field.
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7704: Field, land

When he brought
וַיָּבֵ֣א (way·yā·ḇê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

them to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his mother,
אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

Rachel
רָחֵל֙ (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

begged
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Leah,
לֵאָ֔ה (lê·’āh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3812: Leah -- 'weary', a wife of Jacob

“Please
נָ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

give me
תְּנִי־ (tə·nî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

some of
לִ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

your son’s
בְּנֵֽךְ׃ (bə·nêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

mandrakes.”
מִדּוּדָאֵ֖י (mid·dū·ḏā·’ê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1736: A boiler, basket, the mandrake


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