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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And 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.
And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-24)Here is, I. Leah fruitful again, after she had, for some time, left off bearing. Jacob, it should seem, associated more with Rachel than with Leah. The law of Moses supposes it a common case that, if a man had two wives, one would be beloved and the other hated, Deut. 21:15. But at length Rachel’s strong passions betrayed her into a bargain with Leah that Jacob should return to her apartment. Reub…
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