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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 30, Verse 16

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And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
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.
New English Translation
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 went to bed with her that night.
World English Bible
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.
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And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
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And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
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And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
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And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:
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And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
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And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.
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Give [me] my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.