^30:14At the time²⁸ of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants²⁹ in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

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28 Heb “during the days.”
29 Mandrake plants were popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac in the culture of the time.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrake plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Reuben went out during the wheat harvest and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother Leah, Rachel asked, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

NLTNew Living Translation

One day during the wheat harvest, Reuben found some mandrakes growing in a field and brought them to his mother, Leah. Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and he brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

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