From Nave’s Topical Bible
Mandrake
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
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- General scriptures concerning So 7:13Genesis 30:14–16
The passages, in Bible order (1)
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- Genesis 30:14–16
Now 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.”
Commentary on Genesis 30:14–162 voices
Reuben, a little lad of five or six years old, playing in the field, found mandrakes. It is uncertain what they were; the critics are not agreed about them: we are sure they were some rarities, either fruits or flowers that were very pleasant to the smell, So vii, 13.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Some say that the mandrake is a plant whose fruit resembles apples, which have a scent and are edible. So by means of these mandrakes, with cheerfulness seasoned with faith, Leah made Jacob take her that night.
Ephrem the Syrian· COMMENTARY ON GENESIS 28.3.1, 373Patristic