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Genesis 30:18

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Genesis 30:18 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 30:18 — American Standard Version

Context — Genesis 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son`s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son`s mandrakes.
16And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for I have surely hired thee with my son`s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.
18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
19And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob.
20And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.
21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, etc.] Of the mandrakes with which she had hired of Rachel a night’s lodging with Jacob, and for which she had a sufficient recompense, by the son that God had given her: and she added another reason, and a very preposterous one, and shows she put a wrong construction on the blessing she received: because I have given my maiden to my husband; which, she judged, was so well pleasing to God, that he had rewarded her with another son; and she called his name Issachar, which signifies “hire” or “reward”; or, there is a reward, or a man of reward.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“30:18 The name Issachar captures the sense of Jacob’s being hired (30:16) and of the Lord’s rewarding Leah (Hebrew sekari, “my hire”).”
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