2009-09-14T13:16:33-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/mandrakes/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2030:14-18&version=NIV 2009-09-14T13:16:33-05:00 Leah's son, Reuben, picked some mandrakes for her one day. Rachel wanted them and Leah exchanged the Mandrakes in order to have the night with their shared husband, Jacob. She conceived and bore a son. They named him, Issachar, which translates as Reward.