Genesis 30:18
Leah [Weary] said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar [Hire, Reward].
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In Context
19Leah [Weary] conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob [Supplanter].
Cross References
Genesis 46:13The sons of Issachar [Hire, Reward]: Tola, Puvah, Job [Persecuted], and Shimron.
Deuteronomy 33:18About Zebulun [Living together] he said, 1 “Rejoice, Zebulun [Living together], in your going out; 2 and Issachar [Hire, Reward], in your tents. 1
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 →