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Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

Genesis 30:18 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૩૦:૧૮
લેઆએ કહ્યું, “ઈશ્વરે મને બદલો આપ્યો છે, કેમ કે મેં મારા પતિને મારી દાસી આપી હતી.” તેણે તેનું નામ ‘ઇસ્સાખાર ’ પાડ્યું.
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ३०:१८
तब लिआ ने कहा, “मैंने जो अपने पति को अपनी दासी दी, इसलिए परमेश्वर ने मुझे मेरी मजदूरी दी है।” इसलिए उसने उसका नाम इस्साकार रखा।

In context

16Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.

17God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18Leah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my servant to my husband.” She named him Issachar.

19Leah conceived again, and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry. Now my husband will live with me, because I have borne him six sons.” She named him Zebulun.

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