Genesis 30:16
16When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep ▼▼tn Heb “must come to me.” The imperfect verbal form has an obligatory nuance here. The expression בּוֹא אֶל (boʾ ʾel) means “come to” or “approach,” but is also used as a euphemism for sexual relations.
with me because I have paid for your services ▼ with my son’s mandrakes.” So he went to bed with ▼ her that night.
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