Genesis 30:16 - Exposition

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening ,— i.e. the harvest-field ( Genesis 30:14 )— and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me (the Samaritan codex adds "this night," and the LXX . "today"); for surely I have hired thee (literally, hiring; I have hired thee ) with my son's mandrakes. And (assenting to the arrangement of his wives) he lay with her that night.