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13 Leah said, “I am very happy! Now women will call me happy.” So she named that son Asher.[a]

14 During the wheat harvest Reuben went into the fields and found some special flowers.[b] He brought them to his mother Leah. But Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s flowers.”

15 Leah answered, “You have already taken away my husband. Now you are trying to take away my son’s flowers.”

But Rachel answered, “If you will give me your son’s flowers, you can sleep with Jacob tonight.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:13 Asher This is like the Hebrew word meaning “blessed” or “happy.”
  2. Genesis 30:14 special flowers Or “mandrakes.” The Hebrew word means “love plant.” People thought these plants could help women have babies.

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