18And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.


In Context

15 She answered: Dost thou think it a small matter, that thou hast taken my husband from me, unless thou take also my son's mandrakes? Rachel said: He shall sleep with thee this night, for thy son's mandrakes.

16 And when Jacob returned at even from the field, Lia went out to meet him, and said: Thou shalt come in unto me, because I have hired thee for my son's mandrakes. And he slept with her that night.

17 And God heard her prayers: and she conceived and bore the fifth son,

18 And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

19 And Lia conceived again, and bore the sixth son,

20 And said: God hath endowed me with a good dowry: this turn also my husband will be with me, because I have borne him six sons: and therefore she called his name Zabulon.

Genesis 30:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

30:18Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

30:18Leah said, |God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.| She named him Issachar.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

30:18and Leah saith, 'God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

30:18And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.