Genesis 30:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Leah said, “God gave me what I paid for, what I deserved for giving my servant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Genesis 30:18 Cross References

Genesis 30:17

And God heeded Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Genesis 30:19

And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son.

Genesis 35:23

The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:13

The children of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron.

1 Chronicles 12:32

Of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kindred under their command.

Deuteronomy 33:18

And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out, and Issachar, in your tents.

Revelation 7:7

from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,