6 Now these mandrakes were sweet-smelling apples which were produced in the land of Haran below a ravine of water. (T12) 7 And Rachel said: I will not give them to thee, but they shall be to me instead of children. (T12) 8 For the Lord hath despised me, and I have not borne children to Jacob. (T12)
Testament of Issachar 1:6–8
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