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== The Mandrakes ==

== The Mandrakes ==

In Sivan of 2251 AM (May-June 1754 BC, or literally, "in the days of the wheat harvest"), [[Reuben]] went into the field and gathered [[mandrake]]s (''Mandragora officinarum'') for his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for a portion of them, and Leah protested that Rachel already had the favor of Jacob, and now was asking for a supply of the one thing that each woman supposed would make her fertile. Rachel then offered to allow Leah to lie with Jacob that evening. Leah agreed, and when Jacob returned from the field, Leah told him directly that she had "hired" him for the evening, at the price of a few mandrakes.

In Sivan of 2251 AM (May–June 1754 BC, or literally, "in the days of the wheat harvest"), [[Reuben]] went into the field and gathered [[mandrake]]s (''Mandragora officinarum'') for his mother Leah. Rachel asked Leah for a portion of them, and Leah protested that Rachel already had the favor of Jacob, and now was asking for a supply of the one thing that each woman supposed would make her fertile. Rachel then offered to allow Leah to lie with Jacob that evening. Leah agreed, and when Jacob returned from the field, Leah told him directly that she had "hired" him for the evening, at the price of a few mandrakes.

Leah conceived a son that very evening, and bore him the next year. She bore another son and a daughter over the next two years. Those were the last children she would have.

Leah conceived a son that very evening, and bore him the next year. She bore another son and a daughter over the next two years. Those were the last children she would have.

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==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Israel]]

* [[Israel]]

* [[Palestine]]

* [[Palestine]]