Genesis 30:18

And Leah said, The Lord hath given me my reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issakar.

Targum Onkelos

In The 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.

In Context

17And the Lord received the prayer of Leah, and she conceived, and bare to Jakob a fifth son.

19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jakob.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:13And the sons of Issakar, Tola, and Pheua, and Job, and Semeron.

Deuteronomy 33:18And unto Zebulon he said: Rejoice, Zebulon, when thou goest out to war against thy adversaries, and thou, Issakar, when thou goest to compute the time of the festivals in Jerusalem.

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 →

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