Lexham English Bible

Genesis 30:14-28 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

14. And in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and he brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

15. And she said to her, “Is your taking my husband such a small thing that you will also take the mandrakes of my son?” Then Rachel said, “Then he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”

16. When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him. And she said, “Come in to me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he slept with her that night.

17. And God listened to Leah and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

18. Then Leah said, “God has given me my wage since I gave my servant girl to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.

19. And Leah conceived again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.

20. And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons.” And she called his name Zebulun.

21. And afterward she gave birth to a daughter. And she called her name Dinah.

22. Then God remembered Rachel and listened to her, and God opened her womb.

23. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And she said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”

24. And she called his name Joseph, saying, “Yahweh has added to me another son.”

25. And it happened that as soon as Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away that I may go to my place and my land.

26. Give me my wives and my children for which I have served you, and let me go. For you yourself know my service that I have rendered to you.”

27. But Laban said to him, “Please, if I have found favor in your eyes, I have learned by divination that Yahweh has blessed me because of you.”

28. And he said, “Name your wage to me and I will give it.”