Genesis 30:14

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:13

Smell the mandrakes and all the pleasant flowers by our door. I have saved many pleasant things for you, my lover, pleasant things, new and old.

Genesis 25:30

So Esau said to Jacob, “I am weak with hunger. Let me have some of that red soup.” (That is why people call him “Red.”)

Genesis 30:15

Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s flowers.” But Rachel answered, “If you will give me your son’s flowers, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”

Genesis 30:16

Jacob came in from the fields that night. Leah saw him and went out to meet him. She said, “You will sleep with me tonight. I have paid for you with my son’s flowers.” So Jacob slept with Leah that night.