Genesis 30:18
“And Leah said, God hath giuen mee my hire, because I haue giuen my mayden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.”
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Genesis 30:18 Context
16And Iacob came out of the field in the euening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in vnto mee: for surely I haue hired thee with my sonnes Mandrakes. And hee lay with her that night. 17And God hearkened vnto Leah, and she conceiued, and bare Iacob the fift sonne. 18And Leah said, God hath giuen mee my hire, because I haue giuen my mayden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. 19And Leah conceiued againe, and bare Iacob the sixth sonne. 20And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry: Now will my husband dwel with me, because I haue borne him sixe sonnes: and shee called his name Zebulun.
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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- King James Version
Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband. So she named him Issachar."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.
- Basic English Bible
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
- Darby Bible
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- Webster's Bible
Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him Issachar.
- World English Bible
and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And Leah said: 'God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible