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Genesis 30:13-15
Contemporary English Version
Genesis 30:13-15
Contemporary English Version
13 Leah exclaimed, “I'm happy now, and all the women will say how happy I am.” So she named him Asher.[a]
Love Flowers
14 During the time of the wheat harvest, Reuben found some love flowers[b] and took them to his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for some of them, 15 but Leah said, “It's bad enough that you stole my husband! Now you want my son's love flowers too.”
“All right,” Rachel answered. “Let me have the flowers, and you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”
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Genesis 30:13-15
New International Version
Genesis 30:13-15
New International Version
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.”
15 But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough(F) that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?”
“Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”(G)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:13 Asher means happy.
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