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Genesis 30:18-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 30:18-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
18 Leah said, “God has given me my hire[a] because I gave my maid to my husband”; so she called his name Is′sachar. 19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will honor[b] me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she called his name Zeb′ulun.
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- Genesis 30:18 Heb sakar
- Genesis 30:20 Heb zabal
Genesis 30:18-20
New International Version
Genesis 30:18-20
New International Version
18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(A) So she named him Issachar.[a](B)
19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,(C) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[b](D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
- Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
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