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.
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.