Genesis 30:18

18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.[a]

Genesis 30:18 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
English Standard Version (ESV)
18 Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 She named him Issachar, for she said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
18 She said, "God rewarded me for giving my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar (Bartered).
American Standard Version (ASV)
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
18 Leah said, "God has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar [Reward].
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
18 Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband," and she named him Issachar.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
18 Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me because I gave my female servant to my husband." So she named the boy 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 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 servant 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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S ver 4
  • 2. Genesis 46:13; Genesis 49:14; Nu 1:8,28,29; Numbers 26:25; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:18; Joshua 17:10; Joshua 19:17; Joshua 21:6,28; Judges 5:15; Judges 10:1; 1 Chronicles 7:1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Issachar" sounds like the Hebrew for "reward."
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