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Issachar

Hired (Gen. 30:18). “God hath given me,” said Leah, “my hire (Heb. sekhari)...and she called his name Issachar.” He was Jacob’s ninth son, and was born in Padan-aram (comp. 28:2). He had four sons at the going down into Egypt (46:13; Num. 26:23, 25).

Issachar, Tribe of, during the journey through the wilderness, along with Judah and Zebulun (Num. 2:5), marched on the east of the tabernacle. This tribe contained 54,400 fighting men when the census was taken at Sinai. After the entrance into the Promised Land, this tribe was one of the six which stood on Gerizim during the ceremony of the blessing and cursing (Deut. 27:12). The allotment of Issachar is described in Josh. 19:17-23. It included the plain of Esdraelon (=Jezreel), which was and still is the richest portion of Palestine (Deut. 33:18, 19; 1 Chr. 12:40).

The prophetic blessing pronounced by Jacob on Issachar corresponds with that of Moses (Gen. 49:14, 15; comp. Deut. 33:18, 19).

Male Born: 1752 BC

People and places

Half-siblings: Asher, Benjamin (patriarch), Dan (GEN 30:6), Gad (GEN 30:11), Joseph (son of Jacob), Naphtali

Siblings: Dinah, Judah (patriarch), Levi (patriarch), Reuben, Simeon (GEN 29:33), Zebulun

Mother: Leah

Father: Jacob (Israel)

Children: Jashub (GEN 46:13), Puah (GEN 46:13), Shimron (GEN 46:13), Tola (GEN 46:13)

Recorded scripture occurrences (38)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: GEN 30:18

OET-RV GEN 30:18

18 saying, “God has given me my reward because I gave my slave to my husband to sleep with.” So she named him ‘Yisakar’ (Issachar) (which means ‘reward’).

OET-LV GEN 30:18

18 And_ Lēʼāh _she/it _said god he _has _given reward _of_my that I _gave maidservant _of_my to_husband _of_my and_she/it _called/named his/its_name Yissāskār/(Issachar).

Show passage in OET: GEN 35:23

OET-RV GEN 35:23

23 Le’ah’s sons were his eldest son Re’uven, and then to Shim’on (Simeon), Levi, Yehudah (Judah), Yisakar (Issachar), and Zevulun.

OET-LV GEN 35:23

23 The _sons _of Lēʼāh the _firstborn _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ Rəʼūⱱēn and_Shimˊōn and_Lēvī and_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah) and_Yissāskār/(Issachar) and_Zəⱱūlūn.

Show passage in OET: GEN 46:13

OET-RV GEN 46:13

13 Yisakar’s (Issachar’s) sons were Tola, Puah, Iyov (Job), and Shimron.

OET-LV GEN 46:13

13 And_the _sons of _Yissāskār/(Issachar) Tōlāˊ and_Pūʼāh and_Iob and_Shimrōn.

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GEN: all 4 recorded references

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EXO: all 1 recorded references

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NUM: all 10 recorded references

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DEU: all 2 recorded references

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JOS: all 4 recorded references

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JDG: all 2 recorded references

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KI1: all 2 recorded references

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CH1: all 8 recorded references

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CH2: all 1 recorded references

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EZE: all 3 recorded references

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REV: all 1 recorded references

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Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

GEN: 4 tagged passages

GEN 30:18: יִשָּׂשכָֽר

GEN 35:23: וְ,יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

GEN 46:13: יִשָׂשכָ֑ר

GEN 49:14: יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

EXO: 1 tagged passages

EXO 1:3: יִשָּׂשכָ֥ר

NUM: 10 tagged passages

NUM 1:8: לְ,יִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר

NUM 1:28: יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר

NUM 1:29: יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר

NUM 2:5: יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר · יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר

NUM 7:18: יִשָּׂשכָֽר

NUM 10:15: יִשָׂשכָ֑ר

NUM 13:7: יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר

NUM 26:23: יִשָּׂשכָר֙

NUM 26:25: יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

NUM 34:26: יִשָׂשכָ֖ר

DEU: 2 tagged passages

DEU 27:12: וְ,יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

DEU 33:18: וְ,יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

JOS: 4 tagged passages

JOS 19:17: לְ,יִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר · יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

JOS 19:23: יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר

JOS 21:6: יִשָּׂשכָ֣ר

JOS 21:28: יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר

JDG: 2 tagged passages

JDG 5:15: בְּ,יִשָּׂשכָר֙ · וְ,יִשָּׂשכָר֙

JDG 10:1: יִשָּׂשכָ֑ר

KI1: 2 tagged passages

KI1 4:17: בְּ,יִשָׂשכָֽר

KI1 15:27: יִשָּׂשכָ֔ר

CH1: 8 tagged passages

CH1 2:1: יִשָׂשכָ֖ר

CH1 6:47: יִ֠שָׂשכָר

CH1 6:57: יִשָׂשכָ֔ר

CH1 7:1: יִשָׂשכָ֗ר

CH1 7:5: יִשָׂשכָ֔ר

CH1 12:33: יִשָּׂשכָ֗ר

CH1 12:41: יִשָׂשכָ֨ר

CH1 27:18: לְ,יִ֨שָׂשכָ֔ר

CH2: 1 tagged passages

CH2 30:18: יִשָּׂשכָ֤ר

EZE: 3 tagged passages

EZE 48:25: יִשָׂשכָ֥ר

EZE 48:26: יִשָׂשכָ֗ר

EZE 48:33: יִשָּׂשכָר֙

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