16 So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.”(A) So he slept with her that night.

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

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,(E) because I have borne him six sons.” So she named him Zebulun.[b](F)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 30:18 Issachar sounds like the Hebrew for reward.
  2. Genesis 30:20 Zebulun probably means honor.

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