Genesis 30:17-19
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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.
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- 30.18 In Heb Issachar resembles the word for my hire
Genesis 30:17-19
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
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