Sastra Bait Kedua Kejadian 30:16: On Mating with the Preliminary Studies

וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ בָּעֶרֶב֒ וַתֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִקְרָאת֗וֹ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵלַ֣י תָּב֔וֹא כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא׃

Ketika Yakub pulang dari ladang pada waktu petang, Lea keluar menyongsongnya dan berkata, “Engkau harus datang kepadaku, sebab aku telah menyewamu dengan buah mandragora anakku.” Maka ia tidur dengan Lea pada malam itu.

On Mating with the Preliminary Studies

[123] And so we may see that Leah, or virtue, goes forth to meet the Man of Practice when he was returning from the field, and says to him, “Thou shalt come in unto me to-day” (Gen. 30:16); for whither indeed should he go in, he who is tending the seeds and saplings of knowledge, save to virtue, the field of his husbandry?
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