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OET (OET-LV) And_came_in Yaˊₐqoⱱ from the_field in/on/at/with_evening and_went_out Lēʼāh to_meet_him and_she/it_said to_me you_will_come if/because actually_(hire) hired_you in/on/at/with_mandrakes son’s_my and_slept with_her/it in/on/at/with_night that.
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.
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”
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.
OET (OET-LV) And_came_in Yaˊₐqoⱱ from the_field in/on/at/with_evening and_went_out Lēʼāh to_meet_him and_she/it_said to_me you_will_come if/because actually_(hire) hired_you in/on/at/with_mandrakes son’s_my and_slept with_her/it in/on/at/with_night that.
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.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.