Genesis 30:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 30:14 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
רְאוּבֵ֜ן
Rᵉʼûwbên
H7205
Reuben
בִּימֵ֣י
yôwm
H3117
day
קְצִיר
qâtsîyr
H7105
harvest
חִטִּ֗ים
chiṭṭâh
H2406
wheat
וַיִּמְצָ֤א
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
דֽוּדָאִים֙
dûwday
H1736
mandrake
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
וַיָּבֵ֣א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֹתָ֔ם
ʼêth
H853
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אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
לֵאָ֖ה
Lêʼâh
H3812
Leah
אִמּ֑וֹ
ʼêm
H517
mother
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
רָחֵל֙
Râchêl
H7354
Rachel
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
לֵאָ֔ה
Lêʼâh
H3812
Leah
תְּנִי
nâthan
H5414
to give
נָ֣א
nâʼ
H4994
please
לִ֔י
מִדּוּדָאֵ֖י
dûwday
H1736
mandrake
בְּנֵֽךְ
bên
H1121
son
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World English Bible Public Domain
Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
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King James Version Public Domain
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then in the days of the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found mandrakes in the field, and he brought them to Leah his mother. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give to me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
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