16 When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must have relations with me, for I have indeed hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night. 17 God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, “God has given me my [a]reward, because I gave my slave to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Heb sachar, related to Issachar

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