Thursday, May 30, 2013

Genesis 30:15


And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy
son's mandrakes.

Geneva Bible - But she answered her, Is it a small matter for thee to take my husband, except
thou take my son’s mandrakes also? Then said Rachel, Therefore he shall sleep
with thee this night for thy son’s mandrakes.

Genesis 30:14


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.

Geneva Bible - Now Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest, and found (e)
mandrakes in the field and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then said
Rachel to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
(e) Which is a kind of herb whose root hath a certain likeness to the figure of a man.

Genesis 30:13


And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Geneva Bible - Then said Leah, Ah, blessed am I, for the daughters will bless me. And she
called his name, Asher [lit, happy].

Genesis 30:12


And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.


Geneva Bible - Again Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob another son.

Genesis 30:11

And Leah said, A troop [fortune] cometh: and she called his name Gad [lit troop or fortune].

Geneva Bible - Then said Leah, (d) A company cometh! And she called his name, Gad.
(d) That is, God doeth