The dope smoking and Hallucinating threads have me thinking........
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Genesis 30:14-16 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 to night 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 night.
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H1736
דּוּדי
dûday
doo-dah'-ee
From H1731; a boiler or basket; also the
mandrake (as aphrodisiac): - basket, mandrake.
Why did Leah and Rachel use an aphrodisiac with Jacob? Why didn't they just get him drunk and why was Leah's son involved? Did the women need the mandrakes for themselves or did Jacob need them?
They are also mentioned in
Song of Solomon 7:13 "The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved."
What is the deal with the mandrakes? I can't find any information on this.
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