Genesis 30:14

God's Word

During the wheat harvest Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes. He brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “Let me have the whole pot of red stuff to eat—that red stuff—I’m exhausted.” This is why he was called Edom.

Genesis 30:15

Leah replied, “Isn’t it enough that you took my husband? Are you also going to take my son’s mandrakes?” Rachel said, “Very well, Jacob can go to bed with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 30:16

As Jacob was coming in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You are to sleep with me,” she said. “You are my reward for my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with her that night.

Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes  give off a fragrance, and at our door are all kinds of precious fruits. I have saved new and old things for you alone, my beloved.

Ezekiel 48:25

Issachar will have one part of the land and border Simeon on the south. It will extend from the eastern border to the western border.