Genesis 30:18
Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
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17And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.
19And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.
Cross References
Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
Deuteronomy 33:18And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.
Revelation 7:7Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand:
Matthew Henry on Genesis 30:15-25
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 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… Read the whole commentary →