18 Leah said, “God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.[a]

19 And Leah conceived again, and she bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name (A)Zebulun.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for wages, or hire
  2. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun sounds like the Hebrew for honor

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