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

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

And said: God hath given me a reward, because I gave my handmaid to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maidservant to my husband; and she called his name Issachar.

and Leah saith, 'God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.

And she said, "God has given a reward to me, because I gave my handmaid to my husband." And she called his name Issachar.

Tunc dixit Leah, Dedit Deus mercedem meam: quia dedi ancillam meum viro meo. Et vocavit nomen ejus Issachar.

God hath given me my hire - שכרי sechari. And she called his name Issachar, יששכר, This word is compounded of יש yesh, Is, and שכר sachar, Wages, from שכר sachar, to content, satisfy, saturate; hence a satisfaction or compensation for work done, etc.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my (f) maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
(f) Instead of acknowledging her fault she boasts as if God had rewarded her for it.

And Leah said, God hath given me my hire,.... Of the mandrakes with which she had hired of Rachel a night's lodging with Jacob, and for which she had a sufficient recompense, by the son that God had given her: and she added another reason, and a very preposterous one, and shows she put a wrong construction on the blessing she received:
because I have given my maiden to my husband; which, she judged, was so well pleasing to God, that he had rewarded her with another son:
and she called his name Issachar, which signifies "hire" or "reward"; or, there is a reward, or a man of reward.