Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
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Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
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Matthew Henry · Verses 14–24
The desire, good in itself, but often too great and irregular, of being the mother of the promised Seed, with the honour of having many children, and the reproach of being barren, were causes of this unbecoming contest between the sisters. The truth appears to be, that they were influenced by the promises of God to Abraham; whose posterity were promised the richest blessings, and from whom the Messiah was to descend.
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