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Genesis 30:18

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And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 12:32Rank 1 from verse 18
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    32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

  2. Deuteronomy 33:18Rank 2 from verse 18
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    18¶ And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.

  3. Genesis 35:23Rank 3 from verse 18
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    23The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  4. Genesis 46:13Rank 4 from verse 18
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    13¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

  5. Genesis 49:14–15Rank 5 from verse 18
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    14¶ Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

    15And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

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Genesis 30:18

COMBINED MEANING

hire

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Sense 1: Payment, wages, reward, or return for labour, service, or use. Sense 2: To employ or obtain work for payment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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husband

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Sense 1: A married man in relation to his wife. Sense 2: One who manages or cultivates carefully.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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called

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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30:14¶ And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

30:15And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.

30:16And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

30:17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.

30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

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30:19And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.

30:20And 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.

30:21And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.

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