Add parallel Print Page Options

17 And God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Leah said, “God has given me my hire because I gave my maid to my husband,” so she named him Issachar.[a] 19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 30.18 In Heb Issachar resembles the word for my hire

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

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