The children of Jacob
(14) 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.
(15) 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 tonight for thy son's mandrakes.
(16) 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 hight.
(17) And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
(18) And Leah said God hath given me my hire because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
(19) And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
(20) And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me; because I have born him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun.
ADDENDUM:
Can you live in the same family compound with your husband and his second wife without monitoring her achievements?
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