Thematic Bible: A son of jacob


Thematic Bible



Then Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin;

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,


Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds. And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor].


The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were courageous men in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.

Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.