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17 Elohim answered Leah’s prayer. She became pregnant and gave birth to her fifth son for Jacob. 18 Leah said, “Elohim has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar [Reward].

19 She became pregnant again and gave birth to her sixth son for Jacob.

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17 God listened to Leah,(A) 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.”(B) So she named him Issachar.[a](C)

19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.