KJV King James Version
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 30:18
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
WEB World English Bible
Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
ASV American Standard Version
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Leah saith, ‘God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;’ and she calleth his name Issachar.
Surrounding context — Genesis 30
15 And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued me [with] a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלֵאָ֗הH3812 · le.ahLeahנָתַ֤ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodשְׂכָרִ֔יH7939 · sa.kharwagesאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֥תִּיH5414 · na.tanto give: giveשִׁפְחָתִ֖יH8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantלְאִישִׁ֑יH376 · ishmanוַתִּקְרָ֥אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toשְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameיִשָּׂשכָֽר׃H3485 · yis.sa.s.kharIssachar
Cross-references
Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:Deuteronomy 33:18And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.1 Chronicles 12:32And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.Genesis 49:14-15Issachar [is] a strong ass couching down between two burdens:Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
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