But she saidto her, "Is it a smallmatterfor you to takemy husband?And would you takemy son'smandrakesalso?"So Rachelsaid,"Thereforehe may liewith you tonightin returnfor your son'smandrakes."
Now in the daysof wheatharvestReubenwentand foundmandrakesin the field,and broughtthem to his motherLeah.Then Rachelsaidto Leah,"Pleasegiveme someof your son'smandrakes."
When Jacobcamein from the fieldin the evening,then Leahwentout to meethim and said,"You must comein to me, for I have surelyhiredyou with my son'smandrakes."So he laywith her that night.
Then he said,"Listennow,O houseof David!Is it tooslighta thingfor you to trythe patienceof men,that you will trythe patienceof my Godas well?
"Yet you have not merely walkedin their waysor doneaccording to their abominations;but, as if that were toolittle,you actedmorecorruptlyin allyour conductthanthey.
"Is it not enoughthat you have broughtus up out of a landflowingwith milkand honeyto have us diein the wilderness,but you would alsolordit overus?
But to me it is a very small thingthat I may be examinedby you, orby [any] humancourt;in fact,I do not evenexaminemyself.
