Skip to main content

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.

KJV

Egressus autem Ruben tempore messis triticeæ in agrum, reperit mandragoras, quas matri Liæ detulit. Dixitque Rachel : Da mihi partem de mandragoris filii tui.

Vulgate

ἐπορεύθη δὲ Ῥουβὴν ἐν ἡμέραις θερισμοῦ πυρῶν καὶ εὗρεν μῆλα μανδραγόρου ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ, καὶ ἤνεγκεν αὐτὰ πρὸς Λείαν τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ· εἶπεν δὲ Ῥαχὴλ τῇ Λείᾳ Δός μοι τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ σου.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ רְאוּבֵ֜ן בִּ/ימֵ֣י קְצִיר חִטִּ֗ים וַ/יִּמְצָ֤א דֽוּדָאִים֙ בַּ/שָּׂדֶ֔ה וַ/יָּבֵ֣א אֹתָ֔/ם אֶל לֵאָ֖ה אִמּ֑/וֹ וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶר רָחֵל֙ אֶל לֵאָ֔ה תְּנִי נָ֣א לִ֔/י מִ/דּוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנֵֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People LeahRachelReuben

In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
דּוּדָאֵ֖י
dvd'y
noun · 6×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
חִטִּ֔ים
chtym
noun · 28×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֵאָ֔ה
l'h
proper_noun · 34×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
קְצִיר
qtsyr
noun · 53×
רְאוּבֵ֔ן
r'vbn
proper_noun · 72×
רָחֵ֖ל
rchl
proper_noun · 47×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 25:30 — And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
  • Song 7:13 — The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.
  • Song 7:13 — The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.