When Leah saw that she had left bearing (literally, stood from bearing , as in Genesis 29:35 ), she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her to Jacob to wife— being in this led astray by Rachel's sinful example, both as to the spirit of unholy rivalry she cherished, and the questionable means she employed for its gratification. read more
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. And Leah said, A troop cometh. בָּגָד , for בְּגָד , in or with good fortune; ἐν τύχη ( LXX .); feliciter , sc. this happens to me (Vulgate), a translation which has the sanction of Gesenius, Furst, Rosenmüller, Keil, Kalisch, and other content authorities—the Keri, whith is followed by Onkelos and Syriac, reading בָּא גָד , fortune cometh. The Authorised rendering, supported by the Samaritan, and supposed to accord better with ... read more
And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, Happy am I, —literally, in my happiness, so am I ('Speaker's Commentary'); or , for or to my happiness (Keil, Kalisch )— for the daughters will call me blessed (or, happy): and she called his name Asher — i . e . Happy. read more
And Reuben (at this time four or five years old) went (probably accompanying the reapers) in the days of wheat harvest , and found mandrakes — דּוּדָאים , μῆλα μαδραγορῶν , ( LXX ; Josephus), apples of the mandragora, an herb resembling belladonna, with a root like a carrot, having white and reddish blossoms of a sweet smell, and with yellow odoriferous apples, ripening in May and June, and supposed, according to Oriental superstition, to possess the virtue of... read more
The story of the mandrakes. I. A YOUNG CHILD 'S INNOCENCE . "Reuben found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother." Nature, with its beautiful sights and harmonious sounds, possesses a wonderful fascination for the infant mind. In proportion as man sinks beneath the power of sin does he fall out of sympathy with God's fair world. Strong and tender is the bond of love which unites a child to its mother. The true depositary for a child's treasures is the mother's lap,... read more
And she (Leah) said unto her ,— stomachose (Calvin)— Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? —literally, Is it little thy taking away my husband? meaning that Rachel had been the cause of Jacob's forsaking her (Leah's) society— and wouldest thou take away (literally, and to take also = wouldst thou take? expressive of strong surprise) my son's mandrakes also ? Calvin thinks it unlikely that Jacob's wives were naturally quarrelsome; sod Deus confligere eas inter... read more
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. read more
And God hearkened unto Leah ,— i.e. unto Leah's prayers (Onkelos, Jerome, Rosenmüller, Murphy), which Calvin thinks doubtful—quis enim putaret, dum odiose sorori suae negat Lea fructus a puero collectos, et hoc pretio noctem mariti mercatur, ullum esse precibus locum . The historian employs the term Elohim to show that Leah's pregnancy was not owing to her son's mandrakes, but to Divine power (Keil, Lange)— and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son —or, counting Zilpah's, the... read more
And Leah said, God —Elohim; a proof of the lower religious consciousness into which Leah had fallen (Hengstenberg), though perhaps on the above hypothesis an evidence of her piety and faith (Keil, Lange)— hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband :— i . e . as a reward for my self-denial (Keil, Murphy); an exclamation in which appears Leah's love for Jacob (Lange), if not also a tacit acknowledgment that she had her fears lest she may have sinned in asking him... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 30:7-8
And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, literally, wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister , meaning, by "wrestlings of Elohim;" not great wrestlings in rivalry, with Leah ( A . V . Vatablus, Ainsworth, Rosenmüller, Calvin), nor wrestlings in the cause of God, as being unwilling to leave the founding of the nation to her sister alone (Knobel), but wrestlings with God... read more