Genesis 30:18

18 Then Leah said, "God has given [me] my wage since I gave my servant girl to my husband." And she called his name 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 in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him. And she said, "Come in to me, for {I have hired} you with my son's mandrakes." And he slept with her that night.

17 And God listened to Leah and she conceived and gave birth to a fifth son for Jacob.

18 Then Leah said, "God has given [me] my wage since I gave my servant girl to my husband." And she called his name Issachar.

19 And Leah conceived again and gave birth to a sixth son for Jacob.

20 And Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift. This time my husband will acknowledge me, because I bore him six sons." And she called his name Zebulun.