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


In Context

15 But she said to her, "Wasn't it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son's mandrakes too?" "Very well," Rachel said, "he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes."

16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. "You must sleep with me," she said. "I have hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he slept with her that night.

17 God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.

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

19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

20 Then Leah said, "God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

30:18And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name 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.