Genesis 30:18

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Gen 35:23 : 23 Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;
  • Gen 46:13 : 13 And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
  • Gen 49:14-15 : 14 Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks: 15 And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.
  • Deut 33:18 : 18 And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.
  • 1 Chr 12:32 : 32 And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.

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  • Gen 30:19-24
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    19And again Leah became with child, and she gave Jacob a sixth son.

    20And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.

    21After that she had a daughter, to whom she gave the name Dinah.

    22Then God gave thought to Rachel, and hearing her prayer he made her fertile.

    23And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

    24And she gave him the name Joseph, saying, May the Lord give me another son.

  • Gen 30:15-17
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    15But Leah said to her, Is it a small thing that you have taken my husband from me? and now would you take my son's love-fruits? Then Rachel said, You may have him tonight in exchange for your son's love-fruits.

    16In the evening, when Jacob came in from the field, Leah went out to him and said, Tonight you are to come to me, for I have given my son's love-fruits as a price for you. And he went in to her that night.

    17And God gave ear to her and she became with child, and gave Jacob a fifth son.

  • Gen 30:2-13
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    2But Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said, Am I in the place of God, who has kept your body from having fruit?

    3Then she said, Here is my servant Bilhah, go in to her, so that she may have a child on my knees, and I may have a family by her.

    4So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

    5And Bilhah became with child, and gave birth to a son.

    6Then Rachel said, God has been my judge, and has given ear to my voice, and has given me a son; so he was named Dan.

    7And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

    8And Rachel said, I have had a great fight with my sister, and I have overcome her: and she gave the child the name Naphtali.

    9When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

    10And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

    11And Leah said, It has gone well for me: and she gave him the name Gad.

    12And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

    13And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.

  • Gen 29:31-35
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    31Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

    32And Leah was with child, and gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Reuben: for she said, The Lord has seen my sorrow; now my husband will have love for me.

    33Then she became with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Because it has come to the Lord's ears that I am not loved, he has given me this son in addition: and she gave him the name Simeon.

    34And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son; and said, Now at last my husband will be united to me, because I have given him three sons: so he was named Levi.

    35And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.

  • Gen 29:23-25
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    23And in the evening he took Leah, his daughter, and gave her to him, and he went in to her.

    24And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

    25And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

  • Gen 30:27-28
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    27And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

    28Say then what your payment is to be and I will give it.

  • Gen 29:15-16
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    15Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

    16Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

  • 14Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

  • 23Now Jacob had twelve sons: the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's first son, and Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun;

  • 29And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

  • 18These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

  • 30For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • 3Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

  • 18And of Zebulun he said, Be glad, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents.