Genesis 30:18

Then said Leah. God hath given my hire, in that I gave my handmaid to my husband. So she called his name, Issachar.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 God hearkened unto Leah,—and she conceived and bare to Jacob a fifth son.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 46:13And, the sons of Issachar,—Tola and Puvah, and Iob and Shimron;

Deuteronomy 33:18And, of Zebulun, he said, Rejoice, Zebulun in thy going out,—And [thou], Issachar in thy 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 →

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