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the stars of heaven for multitude, and that in one seed of his, the Messiah, all the nations of the earth should be blessed. And he thinks it would have been below the dignity of this sacred history to take such particular notice of these things if there had not been some such great consideration in them. Leah was now blessed with two sons; the first she called Issachar (a hire), reckoning herself well repaid for her mandrakes, nay (which is a strange construction of the providence) rewarded for giving her maid to her husband.
Note, We abuse God's mercy when we reckon that his favours countenance and patronize our follies. The other she called Zebulun (dwelling), owning God's bounty to her: God has endowed me with a good dowry, Ge 30:20. Jacob had not endowed her when he married her, nor had he wherewithal in possession; but she reckons a family of children not a bill of charges, but a good dowry, Ps 113:9. She promises herself more of her husband's company now that she had borne him six sons, and that, in love to his children at least, he would often visit her lodgings. Mention is made (Ge 30:21) of the birth of a daughter, Dinah, because of the following story concerning her, Ge 34:1-31. Perhaps Jacob had other daughters, though their names are not registered.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given
my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar [an hire].
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. 20 And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will
my husband dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun [dwelling].
21 And afterward she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. 22 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and
opened her womb.
Rachel fruitful at last (Ge 30:22): God remembered Rachel, whom he seemed to have forgotten, and hearkened to her whose prayers had been long denied; and then she bore a son.