וַיָּבֹ֨א יַעֲקֹ֣ב מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ בָּעֶרֶב֒ וַתֵּצֵ֨א לֵאָ֜ה לִקְרָאת֗וֹ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵלַ֣י תָּב֔וֹא כִּ֚י שָׂכֹ֣ר שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ בְּדוּדָאֵ֖י בְּנִ֑י וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב עִמָּ֖הּ בַּלַּ֥יְלָה הֽוּא׃
At dumating si Jacob mula sa parang sa gabi, at lumabas si Lea upang salubungin siya, at sinabi niya: “Sa akin ka sisiping, sapagkat tunay na inupahan kita kapalit ng mga mandragora ng aking anak.” At sinipingan niya siya nang gabing iyon.
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?