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Genesis 30:14-24 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

14. And Re’uḇĕn went in the days of wheat harvest and found love-apples in the field, and brought them to his mother Lĕ’ah. And Raḥĕl said to Lĕ’ah, “Please give me some of your son’s love-apples.”

15. But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s love-apples too?” And Raḥĕl said, “Therefore let him lie with you tonight for your son’s love-apples.”

16. And when Ya‛aqoḇ came out of the field in the evening, Lĕ’ah went out to meet him and said, “Do come in to me, for indeed, I have hired you with my son’s love-apples.” And he lay with her that night.

17. And Elohim listened to Lĕ’ah, and she conceived and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a fifth son.

18. And Lĕ’ah said, “Elohim has given me my hire, because I have given my female servant to my husband.” So she called his name Yissasḵar.

19. And Lĕ’ah conceived again and bore Ya‛aqoḇ a sixth son.

20. And Lĕ’ah said, “Elohim has presented me with a good present. Now my husband is going to dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zeḇulun.

21. And afterward she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

22. And Elohim remembered Raḥĕl, and Elohim listened to her and opened her womb.

23. And she conceived, and bore a son, and said, “Elohim has taken away my reproach.”

24. So she called his name Yosĕph, and said, “יהוה has added to me another son.”

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