When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night. People Asher, Bilhah, Dan, Dinah, Gad, Issachar, Jacob, Joseph, Laban, Leah, Naphtali, Rachel, Reuben, Zebulun, ZilpahPlaces Paddan-aramTopics During, Evening, Field, Fields, Hired, Hiring, Indeed, Jacob, Lay, Leah, Lieth, Love-apples, Love-fruits, Mandrakes, Meet, Price, Sleep, Slept, Son's, Surely, TonightOutline 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.Jump to Previous Evening Field Fields Hired Hiring Indeed Jacob Leah Love-Apples Mandrakes Meet Night Price Sleep Slept Son's Surely TonightJump to Next Evening Field Fields Hired Hiring Indeed Jacob Leah Love-Apples Mandrakes Meet Night Price Sleep Slept Son's Surely TonightLibrary Meditations for Household Piety.
1. If thou be called to the government of a family, thou must not hold it sufficient to serve God and live uprightly in thy own person, unless thou cause all under thy charge to do the same with thee. For the performance of this duty God was so well pleased with Abraham, that he would not hide from him his counsel: "For," saith God, "I know him that he will command his sons and his household after him that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of PietyGenesis
The Old Testament opens very impressively. In measured and dignified language it introduces the story of Israel's origin and settlement upon the land of Canaan (Gen.--Josh.) by the story of creation, i.-ii. 4a, and thus suggests, at the very beginning, the far-reaching purpose and the world-wide significance of the people and religion of Israel. The narrative has not travelled far till it becomes apparent that its dominant interests are to be religious and moral; for, after a pictorial sketch of …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, then Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he lay with her that night.KJV: And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
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