Genesis 30:18
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 other versions
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
ASV
Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
BBE
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
DBY
Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.
WEB
and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.
YLT
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
ENG
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
WBT
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
BSB
In context
16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Leah
- Issachar