Genesis 30:18 Parallel Translations

Leah said, "God has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband." So she named him Issachar Reward.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

ASV:

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

BBE:

Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the 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.

ERV:

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid 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.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Leah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." She named him 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.

Genesis 30:18 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 30:17 God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Genesis 30:19 Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my {f} maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
(f) Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.

MHC:

30:14-24 The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, and the reproach of being barren, were causes of this unbecoming contest between the sisters. The truth appears to be, that they were influenced by the promises of God to Abraham; whose posterity were promised the richest blessings, and from whom the Messiah was to descend.

CONC:

Calleth Giving Handmaid Hire Husband Issachar Is'sachar Leah Maid Maiden Maidservant Maid-servant Named Payment Rewarded Servant-girl Wages

Handmaid Hire Husband Issachar Is'sachar Leah Maid Maiden Maidservant Maid-Servant Payment Rewarded Servant-Girl Wages

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