Gad and Asher
9When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. 10And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
12When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son, 13Leah said, “How happy I am, for the women will call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
14Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
15But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?”
“Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
16When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
Here we go again......
Leah stopped having children so she thought she could use the same surrogate mother method Rachel used.
I’m sure Jacob was happy!
Gad translates, good fortune.
Asher translates happy.
““he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
Mandrakes, a Mediterranean plant with white or purple flowers.
The polygamists were pimping their husband and paying for sex?
Jealousy and envy cause us to loose focus on the Lord and His purpose for our lives.
What are you focused on?
Blessings, David
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