Thematic Bible: Leah, in her imitation of rachel in the matter of children
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And Leah will see that she stood from bringing forth, and she will take Zilpah her maid and will give her to Jacob for a wife. And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear to Jacob a son. And Leah will say, In good fortune: and she will call his name Gad. read more.
And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. 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. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar.
And Zilpah, Leah's maid, will bear a second son to Jacob. And Leah will say, In my happiness, for the daughters will pronounce me happy; and she will call his name Asher. 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. And she will say to her, Is it little, thy taking my husband'! and thou didst take also my son's apples of mandrakes? And Rachel will say, For this he shall lie with thee this night, for thy son's apples of mandrakes. And Jacob will come from the field in the evening, and Leah will go forth to his meeting, and she will say, Thou shalt come in to me, for hiring I hired thee for my son's apples of mandrakes: and he will lie with her in that night And God will listen to Leah, and she will conceive and bear to Jacob the fifth son. And Leah will say, God gave me My hire because I gave my maid to my husband: and she will call his name Issachar.