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Jacob and Rachel, Francesco Solimena

Genesis 30:15

Francesco Solimena, Jacob and Rachel, c. 1710 · Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice · Public domainFrancesco Solimena, Jacob and Rachel, c. 1710, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

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Genesis 30:15 (WEB)

Leah said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes, also?” Rachel said, “Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son’s mandrakes.”

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  • “It was for this reason that Abraham in his old age married Keturah; that Leah hired Jacob with her son’s mandrakes, and that fair Rachel—a type of the church—complained of the closing of her womb.” — editor's note: Gen. xxx. 14–16.

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