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Genesis 30:18

American Standard Version

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

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Genesis 30:18 in other translations

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

Genesis 30:18 · World English Bible

Genesis 30:18 in context

  1. 16And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
  2. 17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
  3. 18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
  4. 19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
  5. 20And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.