And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Ver. 16. Thou must come in unto me.] These contentions, saith an interpreter, a were not merely carnal, but partly also for desire of God's ordinary blessing in propagation; and chiefly, for the increase of the Church, and obtaining the promised Seed for salvation.
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