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Genesis 30:18

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 30:18 in other translations

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

Genesis 30:18 · American Standard Version

Genesis 30:18 in context

  1. 16Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”
    He lay with her that night.
  2. 17God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
  3. 18Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
  4. 19Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
  5. 20Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.