And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
and Leah saith, `God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.
And Leah said,God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)