“And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.”
But she said to her: wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too? Rachel said: very well, he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes. The exchange reveals the state of the marriage: Rachel is negotiating nights with Jacob as currency for mandrakes. The husband is the commodity the wives are trading. The application: a marriage reduced to a negotiated commodity is a marriage in serious distress. The love story of Genesis 29:20 has reached the transaction of Genesis 30:15.
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