Genesis 30:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages or reward.

KJV

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

WEB

Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

ASV

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

LSV

and Leah says, “God has given my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband”; and she calls his name Issachar.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

GNV

Then said Leah, God hath giuen me my reward, because I gaue my mayde to my husband, and she called his name Issachar.

JPS

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

LXXE

And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.

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WLC

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהִים֙ שְׂכָרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תִּי שִׁפְחָתִ֖י לְאִישִׁ֑י וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יִשָּׂשכָֽר׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Λεία, δέδωκέ μοι ὁ Θεὸς τὸν μισθόν μου, ἀνθʼ οὗ ἔδωκα τὴν παιδίσκην μου τῷ ἀνδρί μου· καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Ἰσσάχαρ, ὅ ἐστι μισθός.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.
• Genesis 35:23The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
• Genesis 49:14–15Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds. He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
• Genesis 46:13The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Job, and Shimron.
• Deuteronomy 33:18Concerning Zebulun he said: “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar, in your tents.

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