Talmud zu Bereschit 30:16
וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ בָּעֶרֶב֒ וַתֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִקְרָאת֗וֹ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵלַ֣י תָּב֔וֹא כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא׃
Als nun Jakob Abends vom Felde kam, ging Lea ihm entgegen und sprach: Zu mir musst du kommen, denn ich habe dich gedungen für die Alraunen meines Sohnes. — Und er schlief bei ihr in jener Nacht.
Jerusalem Talmud Sotah
A predatory woman141The Babli has no parallel explanation since it interprets אשה פרושה to mean “a pious woman”.. That is one who sits and makes fun of the words of the Torah: “She said, you shall come to me … and he slept with her that night.142Gen. 30:16, Leah buying a night with Jacob from her sister Rachel. R. Abbahu’s explanation is slightly more elaborate in Gen. rabba 72(4).” Rebbi Abbahu said, one could think that this was the [divine] intention. He only knew that she was doing this only to produce more tribes.
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