Genesis 30:18 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 30:18

16 When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name¹ Issachar.

19 Then Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.

20 And Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name¹ Zebulun.

21 Afterward she bore a ^adaughter, and called her name Dinah.

22 Then God ^aremembered Rachel, and God listened to her and ^bopened her womb.

23 And she conceived and bore a son, and said, “God has taken away ^amy reproach.”

Verse Comparison: Genesis 30:18

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American Standard Version
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

Amplified® Bible
Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar [hired].

Contemporary English Version
Leah shouted, "God has rewarded me for letting Jacob marry my servant," and she named the boy Issachar.

Darby English Version
And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

Good News Bible
Leah said, "God has given me my reward, because I gave my slave to my husband"; so she named her son Issachar.

King James Version
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

New American Standard Bible
Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband. So she named him Issachar."

New International Version
Then Leah said, "God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband." So she named him Issachar.

New King James Version
Leah said, “God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband." So she named him Issachar.

Revised Standard Version
Leah said, "God has given me my hire because I gave my maid to my husband"; so she called his name Is'sachar.

Young's Literal Translation
and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

New English Translation
Then Leah said, “God has granted me a reward¹ because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife.”² So she named him Issachar.³

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