Holy Scripture
Genesis 30:17
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17 and 18.) And God heard Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob her fifth son, and she said, 'God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband.' And she called his name Issachar. The Septuagint Interpreters have given the etymology of this name, it is wages. Not that, as many wrongly read with an…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.
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15And Leah said, Is it not enough for thee that thou hast taken my husband, wilt thou also take my son’s mandrakes? And Rachel said, Not so: let him lie with thee tonight for thy son’s mandrakes.
16And Jacob came in out of the field at even; and Leah went forth to meet him, and said, Thou shalt come in to me this day, for I have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes; and he lay with her that night.
— Genesis 30:17 —
18And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.
19And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob a sixth son.