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She said to her, "Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son`s mandrakes, also?" Rachel said, "Therefore he will lie with you tonight for your son`s mandrakes."
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The Painful Cost of Polygamy
Commentators like John Calvin see this bitter exchange not as a simple sisterly spat, but as a direct consequence of polygamy. The constant contention and hostility between Leah and Rachel illustrate the profound grief and relational brokenness that resulted from violating God's design for marriage.
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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
Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? Moses leaves more for his readers to reflect upon than he expresses in words; namely,…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And she said to her Leah to Rachel, taking this opportunity to bring out a thing which had some time lain with uneasiness…
The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, a…
