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Genesis 30:18

Genesis 30:18 is verse 18 of Genesis chapter 30, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages or reward.

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.

World English Bible

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

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Genesis 30:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.

18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

19 Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20 “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

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Hebrew words

וַתֹּ֣אמֶרand she said לֵאָ֗הLeah נָתַ֤ןhe has given אֱלֹהִים֙God שְׂכָרִ֔יreward my אֲשֶׁרthat נָתַ֥תִּיI gave שִׁפְחָתִ֖יmaidservant my לְאִישִׁ֑יto husband my וַתִּקְרָ֥אand she called שְׁמ֖וֹname his יִשָּׂשכָֽרIssachar

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:13
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.

Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Genesis 49:15
He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.

Deuteronomy 33:18
Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

1 Chronicles 12:32
From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

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