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mandrakes
Mandrakes found by Reuben at wheat harvest become the price Leah trades to Rachel for a night with Jacob.
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First mention
Genesis 30:14
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Genesis 30Plant
Scripture references
- Genesis 30:14
One day, at the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah.
- Genesis 30:15
Leah replied, 'Is it not enough to have taken my husband, without your taking my son's mandrakes as well?'
- Genesis 30:16
When Jacob came back from the fields that night, Leah went out to meet him and said, 'You must come to me, for I have hired you at the price of my son's mandrakes.'