Genesis 30:12-14
Good News Translation
12 Zilpah bore Jacob another son, 13 and Leah said, “How happy I am! Now women will call me happy”; so she named him Asher.[a]
14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found mandrakes,[b] which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.”
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- Genesis 30:13 This name in Hebrew means “happy.”
- Genesis 30:14 Plants which were believed to produce fertility and were used as love charms.
Genesis 30:12-14
New International Version
12 Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 Then Leah said, “How happy I am! The women will call me(A) happy.”(B) So she named him Asher.[a](C)
14 During wheat harvest,(D) Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants,(E) which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
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