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.
18 Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
18 She said, "God rewarded me for giving my maid to my husband." She named him Issachar (Bartered).
18 Leah said, "God has given me my wages, because I have given my maid to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
18 She named him Issachar, for she said, "God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband as a wife."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 30:18
Commentary on Genesis 30:14-24
(Read Genesis 30:14-24)
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.