And Jacob came out of the field in the evening,.... From feeding his flocks;and Leah went out to meet him; knowing full well the time he used to come home:and said, thou must come in unto me; into her tent, for the women had separate tents from the men; as Sarah from Abraham; and so these wives of Jacob had not only tents separate from his, but from one another:for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes: that is, she had hired that night's lodging with him of Rachel, with the mandrakes her son Reuben had brought out of the field.
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Genesis 30:16
Genesis 30:16
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