Genesis 30:18
And she said, “God has given a reward to me, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar.
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In Context
17And God heard her prayers. And she conceived and bore a fifth son.
19Conceiving again, Leah bore a sixth son.
Cross References
Genesis 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvah, and Job and Shimron.
Deuteronomy 33:18And to Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, O Zebulun, in your departure, and Issachar, in your tabernacles.
Revelation 7:7From the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand were sealed. From the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand were sealed.
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 →