And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/תֹּ֣אמֶר לֵאָ֗ה נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהִים֙ שְׂכָרִ֔/י אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥תִּי שִׁפְחָתִ֖/י לְ/אִישִׁ֑/י וַ/תִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖/וֹ יִשָּׂשכָֽר
Louis Segond 1910
Léa dit: Dieu m'a donné mon salaire parce que j'ai donné ma servante à mon mari. Et elle l'appela du nom d'Issacar.
KJV
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ετο ἀνὴρ γεωργός“ (Gen. 49, 15), ἐφ’ οὗ φησι Μωυσῆς σπαρέντος καὶ φυτευθέντος ἐν ψυχῇ „ἔστι μισθός“ (Gen. 30, 18), ὅπερ ἦν οὐκ ἀτελὴς ὁ πόνος ἀλλὰ στεφανούμενος ὑπὸ θεοῦ καὶ μισθοδοτούμενος. ὅτι δὲ τούτων ποιεῖται μνήμην, δι’ ἑτέρων δηλοῖ, ὅταν ἐπὶ τοῦ ποδήρους φῇ· „καὶ συνυφανεῖ…
Philo Judaeus
De Plantatione
τοῦτον ἡ ψυχὴ ὃ ἔπαθεν εὐθὺς ἐξελάλησεν· „ἐκάλεσε“ γάρ φησι „τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσσάχαρ, ὅ ἐστι μισθός“ (Gen. 30, 18). οὐκοῦν Ἰούδας ὁ εὐλογῶν τὸν θεὸν νοῦς καὶ τὰς εἰς αὐτὸν εὐχαρίστους ὑμνῳδίας ἀπαύστως μελετῶν αὐτὸς ὁ πρὸς ἀλήθειαν „ἅγιος καὶ αἰνετὸς καρπὸς“ ἦν, οὐχ ὑπὸ γῆς δένδρω…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 198 (Migne)
Col. 0423C] exercitium: Dedisse videlicet ei Dominum mercedem, quia tradidit ancillam suam viro suo (Gen. XXX, 18) . Ancilla nostra, est caro nostra; ipsa enim sicut dominae ancilla, sic spiritui debet esse subjecta. Quam viro nostro tradi, est ad imitationem Domini, qui solus an…
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