“And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.”
Then Leah said: God has rewarded me for giving my servant to my husband. So she named him Issachar. Issachar means reward or wages. The interpretation Leah gives — God rewarded me for giving Zilpah — is theologically dubious but emotionally authentic. She is finding meaning in the birth by attributing it to her decision in verse 9. The application: the interpretations people place on God's provision in their lives are not always theologically precise, but the desire to find God's hand in their experience is genuine.
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