"And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar…" — Genesis 30:18

Genesis 30:18 · KJV

“And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. {Issachar: that is, An hire}”

— Genesis 30:18

Verse 17

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

Verse 19

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

Genesis 30 — Context

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. {Issachar: that is, An hire}

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

And Leah said, God hath endued me {with} a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. {Zebulun: that is, Dwelling: Gr. Zabulon}

Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:18

And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

Genesis 46:13

And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. {Phuvah, and Job: or, Puah, and Jashub}

1 Chronicles 12:32

And of the children of Issachar, {which were men} that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them {were} two hundred; and all their brethren {were} at their commandment.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

Genesis 49:14-15

Issachar {is} a strong ass couching down between two burdens: