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Genesis 30:16-18
21st Century King James Version
Genesis 30:16-18
21st Century King James Version
16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, “Thou must come in unto me, for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, “God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband.” And she called his name Issachar [that is, A hire].
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Genesis 30:16-18
New International Version
Genesis 30:16-18
New International Version
16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”(A) So he slept with her that night.
17 God listened to Leah,(B) and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son. 18 Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband.”(C) So she named him Issachar.[a](D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
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