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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. Genesis 30:16

    And 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.

  2. Genesis 30:17

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

  3. Genesis 30:19

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

  4. Genesis 30:20

    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.

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