Genesis 30:18

18 Leah said, "God gave me what I paid for, what I deserved for giving my servant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.

Genesis 30:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 30:18

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire
Of the mandrakes with which she had hired of Rachel a night's lodging with Jacob, and for which she had a sufficient recompense, by the son that God had given her: and she added another reason, and a very preposterous one, and shows she put a wrong construction on the blessing she received: because I have given my maiden to my husband;
which, she judged, was so well pleasing to God, that he had rewarded her with another son; and she called his name Issachar,
which signifies "hire" or "reward"; or, there is a reward, or a man of reward.

Genesis 30:18 In-Context

16 When Jacob came back from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must sleep with me because I've paid for you with my son's erotic herbs." So he slept with her that night.
17 God responded to Leah. She became pregnant and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.
18 Leah said, "God gave me what I paid for, what I deserved for giving my servant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.
19 Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob,
20 and she said, "God has given me a wonderful gift. Now my husband will honor me since I've borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun.

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