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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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Folk Remedies vs. God's Hand
Commentators explain that mandrakes were believed to be a folk remedy for infertility, which is why the barren Rachel desperately wanted them. However, scholars like John Gill point out the irony: Rachel did not conceive after obtaining the mandrakes. Her eventual pregnancy was a direct act of God, showing the folly of trusting in superstition over God's sovereign power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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