17 And God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. 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] 21 Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.

22 Then God (B)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (C)opened her womb. 23 She conceived and bore a son and said, “God has taken away (D)my reproach.” 24 And she called his name Joseph,[c] saying, (E)“May the Lord add to me another son!”

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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
  3. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means May he add, and sounds like the Hebrew for taken away

17 God listened to Leah,(A) 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.”(B) So she named him Issachar.[a](C)

19 Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son. 20 Then Leah said, “God has presented me with a precious gift. This time my husband will treat me with honor,(D) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[b](E)

21 Some time later she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.(F)

22 Then God remembered Rachel;(G) he listened to her(H) and enabled her to conceive.(I) 23 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son(J) and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.”(K) 24 She named him Joseph,[c](L) and said, “May the Lord add to me another son.”(M)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
  2. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.
  3. Genesis 30:24 Joseph means may he add.

17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare 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.

19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

21 And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

23 And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

24 And she called his name Joseph; and said, The Lord shall add to me another son.

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