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BI Gen 30:16 ©

OET (OET-RV)So that evening when Yacob came home from the field, Leah went out to meet him and told him, “You must come to me tonight because I’ve hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

OET-LVAnd_came_in Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) from the_field in/on/at/with_evening and_went_out Lēʼāh to_meet_him and_she/it_said to_me you_will_come DOM actually_(hire) hired_you in/on/at/with_mandrakes son’s_my and_slept with_her/it in/on/at/with_night that.

UHBוַ⁠יָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן־הַ⁠שָּׂדֶה֮ בָּ⁠עֶרֶב֒ וַ⁠תֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִ⁠קְרָאת֗⁠וֹ וַ⁠תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֵלַ֣⁠י תָּב֔וֹא כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔י⁠ךָ בְּ⁠דוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑⁠י וַ⁠יִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖⁠הּ בַּ⁠לַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא׃ 
   (va⁠yyāⱱoʼ yaˊₐqoⱱ min-ha⁠ssādeh bā⁠ˊereⱱ va⁠ttēʦēʼ lēʼāh li⁠qərāʼt⁠ō va⁠ttoʼmer ʼēla⁠y tāⱱōʼ ⱪiy sākor səkarttiy⁠kā bə⁠dūdāʼēy bəni⁠y va⁠yyishəⱪaⱱ ˊimmā⁠h ba⁠llaylāh hūʼ.)

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Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT Then Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come to me, because I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he lay with her during that night,

UST That evening when Jacob came home from working in the field, Leah went out to greet him and told him, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I have traded my son’s fertility plants for time with you.” So Jacob spent that night with Leah.


BSB § When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

OEB So when Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, ‘You sleep with me tonight, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.’ So he slept with her that night.

WEB Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”
¶ He lay with her that night.

NET When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations with her that night.

LSV And Jacob comes in from the field at evening; and Leah goes to meet him and says, “You come in to me, for [in] hiring I have hired you with my son’s love-apples”; and he lies with her during that night.

FBV When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You have to sleep with me because I've paid for you with my son's mandrakes,” she told him. So he slept with her that night.

T4T When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes that enable women to become pregnant, to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night.

LEB When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him. And she said, “Come in to me, for I have hired[fn] you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he slept with her that night.


?:? Literally “I have fully paid for”

BBE In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

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JPS And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said: 'Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes.' And he lay with her that night.

ASV And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

DRA And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.

YLT And Jacob cometh in from the field at evening; and Leah goeth to meet him, and saith, 'Unto me dost thou come in, for hiring I have hired thee with my son's love-apples;' and he lieth with her during that night.

DBY And when Jacob came from the fields in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me, for indeed I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

RV And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

WBS And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in to me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

KJB And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

BB And Iacob came from the fielde at euen, and Lea went out to meete hym, and sayde: thou shalt come in to me, for I haue bought thee in deede with my sonne Mandragoras. And he slept with her that same nyght.
  (And Yacob came from the field at euen, and Lea went out to meet him, and said: thou/you shalt come in to me, for I have bought thee indeed with my son Mandragoras. And he slept with her that same night.)

GNV And Iaakob came from the fielde in the euening, and Leah went out to meete him, and sayde, Come in to mee, for I haue bought and payed for thee with my sonnes mandrakes: and he slept with her that night.
  (And Yacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Come in to mee, for I have bought and payed for thee with my sons mandrakes: and he slept with her that night. )

CB Now whan Iacob came home at euen from the felde, Lea wente forth to mete him, and sayde: Thou shalt lye wt me, for I haue bought the for my sonnes Mandragoras. And he slepte with her that night.
  (Now when Yacob came home at evening from the field, Lea went forth to meet him, and said: Thou shalt lye with me, for I have bought the for my sons Mandragoras. And he slept with her that night.)

WYC And whanne Jacob cam ayen fro the feeld at euentid, Lya yede out in to his comyng, and seide, Thou shalt entre to me, for Y haue hired thee with hire for the mandragis of my sone. He slepte with hir in that nyyt;
  (And when Yacob came ayen from the field at euentid, Lya went out in to his commong, and said, Thou shalt enter to me, for I have hired thee with hire for the mandragis of my sone. He slept with her in that night;)

LUT Da nun Jakob des Abends vom Felde kam, ging ihm Lea hinaus entgegen und sprach: Bei mir sollst du liegen; denn ich habe dich erkauft um die Dudaim meines Sohnes. Und er schlief die Nacht bei ihr.
  (So now Yakob the Abends from_the Felde kam, went him Lea hinaus entgegen and spoke: Bei to_me should you lie/lay; because I have you/yourself erkauft around/by/for the Dudaim meines sones. And he schlief the night bei ihr.)

CLV Redeuntique ad vesperam Jacob de agro, egressa est in occursum ejus Lia, et Ad me, inquit, intrabis: quia mercede conduxi te pro mandragoris filii mei. Dormivitque cum ea nocte illa.
  (Redeuntique to vesperam Yacob about agro, egressa it_is in occursum his Lia, and Ad me, inquit, intrabis: because reward conduxi you(sg) pro mandragoris children my/mine. Dormivitque when/with ea nocte illa. )

BRN And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Lea went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.

BrLXX Εἰσῆλθεν δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἐξ ἀγροῦ ἑσπέρας· καὶ ἐξῆλθε Λεία εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῷ, καὶ εἶπε, πρὸς ἐμὲ εἰσελεύσῃ σήμερον· μεμίσθωμαι γάρ σε ἀντὶ τῶν μανδραγορῶν τοῦ υἱοῦ μου· καὶ ἐκοιμήθη μετʼ αὐτῆς τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην.
  (Eisaʸlthen de Yakōb ex agrou hesperas; kai exaʸlthe Leia eis sunantaʸsin autōi, kai eipe, pros eme eiseleusaʸ saʸmeron; memisthōmai gar se anti tōn mandragorōn tou huiou mou; kai ekoimaʸthaʸ metʼ autaʸs taʸn nukta ekeinaʸn. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

30:14-17 Mandrakes were considered an aphrodisiac and aid to procreation (see Song 7:13). Rachel thought they would help her get pregnant, so she traded Jacob for a night to get them. In the process, Leah got pregnant, not Rachel.


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וַ⁠יָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן הַ⁠שָּׂדֶה֮ בָּ⁠עֶרֶב֒

and,came_in Yaakob from/more_than the=field in/on/at/with,evening

Consider where it is best in your language to put the time phrase in this clause. Also see how you translated field in verse 14. Alternate translation: “So as Jacob came back that evening from working in the fields,” or “That evening as Jacob was coming home from working in the fields,”

וַ⁠תֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִ⁠קְרָאת֗⁠וֹ

and,went_out Lēʼāh to,meet,him

Alternate translation: “Leah came out to greet him”

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠תֹּ֨אמֶר֙

and=she/it_said

Alternate translation: “and she said to him,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

אֵלַ֣⁠י תָּב֔וֹא

to=me come_in

Alternate translation: “You must lie with me tonight,” or “You must spend tonight with me,”

כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔י⁠ךָ בְּ⁠דוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑⁠י

that/for/because/then/when to_hire hired,you in/on/at/with,mandrakes son's,my

See how you translated mandrakes in verses 14 and 15.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

וַ⁠יִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖⁠הּ בַּ⁠לַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא

and,slept with=her/it in/on/at/with,night he/it

Alternate translation: “So that night Jacob slept with her” or “So Jacob spent that night with her”

BI Gen 30:16 ©