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15 But Leah replied,[a] “Wasn’t it enough that you’ve taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes too?” “All right,”[b] Rachel said, “he may go to bed with[c] you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:15 tn Heb “and she said to her”; the referent of the pronoun “she” (Leah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 30:15 tn Heb “therefore.”
  3. Genesis 30:15 tn Heb “lie down with.” The verb שָׁכַב (shakhav) “to lie down” can be a euphemism for going to bed for sexual relations.