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Genesis 30:16

NETBible	When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep¹ with me because I have paid for your services² with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations³ with her that night.
NIV © biblegateway Gen 30:16	So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes." So he slept with her that night.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 30:16	When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, then 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." So he lay with her that night.
NLT © biblegateway Gen 30:16	So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me tonight!" she said. "I have paid for you with some mandrake roots my son has found." So Jacob slept with her.
MSG © biblegateway Gen 30:16	When Jacob came home that evening from the fields, Leah was there to meet him: "Sleep with me tonight; I've bartered my son's mandrakes for a night with you." So he slept with her that night.
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 30:16	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 30:16	When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him, and said, "You must come in to me; for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes." So he lay with her that night.
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 30:16	When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, 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." And he lay with her that night.
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KJV	And Jacob <03290> came <0935> (8799) out of the field <07704> in the evening <06153>_, and Leah <03812> went out <03318> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) him, and said <0559> (8799)_, Thou must come in <0935> (8799) unto me; for surely <07936> (8800) I have hired <07936> (8804) thee with my son's <01121> mandrakes <01736>_. And he lay <07901> (8799) with her that night <03915>_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 30:16	When Jacob <03290> came <0935> in from the field <07704> in the evening <06153> , then Leah <03812> went <03318> out to meet <07122> him and said <0559> , "You must come <0935> in to me, for I have surely <07936> hired <07936> you with my son's <01121> mandrakes <01736> ." So he lay <07901> with her that night <03915> .
LXXM	eishlyen <1525> V-AAI-3S de <1161> PRT iakwb <2384> N-PRI ex <1537> PREP agrou <68> N-GSM esperav <2073> N-GSF kai <2532> CONJ exhlyen <1831> V-AAI-3S leia {N-PRI} eiv <1519> PREP sunanthsin <4877> N-ASF autw <846> D-DSM kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} prov <4314> PREP me <1473> P-AS eiseleush <1525> V-FMI-2S shmeron <4594> ADV memisywmai {V-RMI-1S} gar <1063> PRT se <4771> P-AS anti <473> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM mandragorwn {N-GPM} tou <3588> T-GSM uiou <5207> N-GSM mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ ekoimhyh <2837> V-API-3S met <3326> PREP authv <846> D-GSF thn <3588> T-ASF nukta <3571> N-ASF ekeinhn <1565> D-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	When Jacob <03290> came <0935> in from <04480> the fields <07704> that evening <06153> , Leah <03812> went out <03318> to meet <07125> him and said <0559> , “You must sleep <0935> with <0413> me because <03588> I have paid <07936> for your services <07936> with my son’s <01121> mandrakes <01736> .” So he had marital relations <07901> with <05973> her that night <03915> .
HEBREW	awh <01931> hlylb <03915> hme <05973> bksyw <07901> ynb <01121> yadwdb <01736> Kytrkv <07936> rkv <07936> yk <03588> awbt <0935> yla <0413> rmatw <0559> wtarql <07125> hal <03812> autw <03318> breb <06153> hdvh <07704> Nm <04480> bqey <03290> abyw (30:16) <0935>

NETBible

When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep¹ with me because I have paid for your services² with my son’s mandrakes.” So he had marital relations³ with her that night.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “must come in to me.” The imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance here. She has acquired him for the night and feels he is obligated to have sexual relations with her.

²tn Heb “I have surely hired.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form for emphasis. The name Issachar (see v. 18) seems to be related to this expression.

³tn This is the same Hebrew verb (שָׁכַב, shakhav) translated “sleep with” in v. 15. In direct discourse the more euphemistic “sleep with” was used, but here in the narrative “marital relations” reflects more clearly the emphasis on sexual intercourse.