Showing posts with label Reuben. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reuben. Show all posts

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.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Genesis 29:32


And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben [Lit, See, a Son]: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.

Geneva Bible - And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she
said, Because the (l) LORD hath looked upon my tribulation; now therefore my
husband will (m) love me.
(l) Hereby appeareth that she had recourse to God in her affliction.
(m) For children are a great cause of mutual love between man and wife.